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
work-out people community
People must be aware of their problems in a realistic way. They must be able to analyse their problems and to work out common solutions. In other words a community is easily divided when their perception of the same thing is different
heart oneness community
The oneness of community for instance is at the heart of our culture.
community perception different
A community is easily divide when their perception of the same thing is different
brother men community
We regard our living together not as an unfortunate mishap warranting endless competition among us but as a deliberate act of God to make us a community of brothers and sisters jointly involved in the quest for a composite answer to the varied problems of life. Hence in all we do we always place man first and hence all our action is usually joint community oriented action rather than the individualism..
hands mind oppressor potent weapon
The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.
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.
essence groups direct
The essence of politics is to direct oneself to the group which wields power
want dresses conservative
If you want to say something radical, you should dress conservative.
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.
evil arrogant majority
Apartheid — both petty and grand — is obviously evil. Nothing can justify the arrogant assumption that a clique of foreigners has the right to decide on the lives of a majority.
thinking black elements
I think the central theme about black society is that it has got elements of a defeated society
country men white
The logic behind white domination is to prepare the black man for the subservient role in this country.
hero past men
Part of the approach envisaged in bringing about Black Consciousness has to be directed to the past, to seek to rewrite the history of the black man and to produce in it the heroes who form the core of the African background