Steven Biko Quotes


In time, we shall be in a position to bestow on South Africa the greatest possible gift - a more human face.


Citations

Biko, Steve. I Write What I Like. University of Chicago Press, 2002, p. 98.

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Steven Biko
Steven Biko
  • Born: December 18, 1946
  • Died: September 12, 1977
  • Nationality: South African
  • Profession: Anti-apartheid Activist

Bantu Stephen Biko was a South African anti-apartheid activist. Ideologically an African nationalist and African socialist, he was at the forefront of a grassroots anti-apartheid campaign known as the Black Consciousness Movement during the late 1960s and 1970s. His ideas were articulated in a series of articles published under the pseudonym Frank Talk.