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
creating people black
Black Consciousness therefore takes cognizance of the deliberateness of God's plan in creating Black people black.
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.
believe people political
We believe it is the duty of the vanguard political movement which brings change to educate people's outlook
people vehicle engines
A people without a positive history is like a vehicle without an engine.
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.
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
people facts minorities
I am against the fact that a settler minority should impose an entire system of values on an indigenous people.
men land people
We do not want to be reminded that it is we, the indigenous people, who are poor and exploited in the land of our birth. These are concepts which the Black Consciousness approach wishes to eradicate from the black man's mind before our society is driven to chaos by irresponsible people from Coca-cola and hamburger cultural backgrounds.
thinking people way
Change the way people think and things will never be the same
country people wealth
The wealth of the country must eventually be enjoyed by people of the country
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.
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