Steve Biko

Born

December 18, 1946

Died

September 12, 1977 (aged 30)

Known as

civil rights advocate, trade unionist, politician, writer

Bantu Stephen Biko OMSG 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.

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