Steven Biko
Steven Biko
Stephen Bantu Biko was an anti-apartheid activist in South Africa in the 1960s and 1970s...
NationalitySouth African
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth18 December 1946
allowing black complicity country crime empty evil himself infuse letting life man misused pride pump reign remind step supreme therefore
The first step therefore is to make the black man come to himself; to pump back life into his empty shell; to infuse him with pride and dignity, to remind him of his complicity in the crime of allowing himself to be misused and therefore letting evil reign supreme in the country of his birth.
men black fields
In all fields black consciousness seeks to talk to the black man in a language that is his own
creating people black
Black Consciousness therefore takes cognizance of the deliberateness of God's plan in creating Black people black.
thinking black elements
I think the central theme about black society is that it has got elements of a defeated society
men black black-consciousness
Black man, you are on your own.
time faces black-consciousness
In time, we shall be in a position to bestow on South Africa the greatest possible gift - a more human face.
beautiful men black
When you say 'Black is beautiful' you are saying, 'Man you are okay as you are, begin to look upon yourself as a human being'.
men black students
We must realise that prophetic cry of black students: Black man you are on your own!
men evil black
To a large extent the evil-doers have succeeded in producing at the output end of their machine a kind of black man who is man only in form. This is the extent to which the process of dehumanization has advanced.
prelude made black-consciousness
So as a prelude whites must be made to realise that they are only human, not superior. Same with Blacks. They must be made to realise that they are also human, not inferior.
fighting black use
Merely by describing yourself as black you have started on a road towards emancipation, you have committed yourself to fight against all forces that seek to use your blackness as a stamp that marks you out as a subservient being.
people heaven black
I would like to remind the black ministry and indeed all black people that God is not in the habit of coming down from heaven to solve people's problems on earth.
attitude reflection black
Being black is not a matter of pigmentation - being black is a reflection of a mental attitude.
ideas black-consciousness dies
It is better to die for an idea that will live, than to live for an idea that will die