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
children ignorant gears
The system concedes nothing without demand, for it formulates its very method of operation on the basis that the ignorant will learn to know, the child will grow into an adult and therefore demands will begin to be made. It gears itself to resist demands in whatever way it sees fit.
hands mind oppressor potent weapon
The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.
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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
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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
ethos together building
WOMEN must be at the forefront of nation-building to bring the South African citizenry together and, therefore, develop a whole new ethos of human co-existence
people personality realizing
It becomes more necessary to see the truth as it is if you realize that the only vehicle for change are these people who have lost their personality.
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Any warning normally implies, even if it is tacit, that there should be changes