![]() ![]() ![]() He spoke prior to his banning across the nation. Banning in South Africa is described by Brittanica as “an administrative action by which publications, organizations, or assemblies could be outlawed and suppressed and individual persons could be placed under severe restrictions of their freedom of travel, association, and speech.”ĭespite his banning, he clandestinely continued his work. He was banned by the government for his anti-apartheid work. Biko was arrested by South African police multiple times before they finally murdered him on September 12, 1977. He co-founded the South African Students’ Organization, and the Black People’s Convention in 1972. Steve Biko was an anti-apartheid activist. This man’s memory has been overshadowed by Nelson Mandela. Since I first learned of this great man back in the 1990s I have been an admirer of his work and philosophy. ![]() They must be made to realise that they are also human, not inferior.”īoth of the aforementioned quotes are from South African freedom fighter Steve Biko. So as a prelude whites must be made to realise that they are only human, not superior. “The most potent weapon of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed. “It is better to die for an idea that will live, than to live for an idea that will die.” ![]()
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