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Steven Biko RIP |
absinthebri
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Bantu Steven Biko
December 18, 1946 - September 12, 1977
Murdered by injustice
Never forgotten
The struggle continues
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BobaFett
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Who was he?
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Vlammetje
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he was an anti-apartheid south african icon.
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absinthebri
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As Marga says, he was a civil rights/anti-apartheid campaigner. He was murdered by the South African police whilst in police custody on 12 September 1977.
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Was his 'battlecry' was similar with that of the late - Martin Luther King's ? |
absinthebri
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MLK was a great orator. Biko was more of a writer and activist.
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Posted: 2004-09-12 14:01
