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
perseverance lying dedication
The power of a movement lies in the fact that it can indeed change the habits of people. This change is not the result of force but of dedication, of moral persuasion.
lying believe people
Tradition has it that whenever a group of people has tasted the lovely fruits of wealth, security and prestige it begins to find it more comfortable to believe in the obvious lie and accept that it alone is entitled to privilege.
attitude lying groups
Sure there are a few good whites just as much as there are a few bad Blacks. However what we are concerned here with is group attitudes and group politics. The exception does not make a lie or the rule - it merely substantiates it.
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
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