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{{Infobox revolutionary|name=Steve Biko|birth_name=Bantu | {{Infobox revolutionary|name=Steve Biko|birth_name=Stephen Bantu Biko|birth_date=18 December 1946|birth_place=Tarkastad, [[South Africa]]|death_date=12 September 1977 (aged 30)|death_place=Pretoria, South Africa|death_cause=Beating|nationality=[[South Africa|South African]]|political_orientation=[[African socialism]]<br>[[Pan-Africanism]]<br>[[Black Consciousness]]|political_party=South African Students' Organisation (SASO)|image=Steve Biko(3).jpg}} | ||
'''Bantu Stephen Biko''' (18 December 1946 – 12 September 1977) was a [[Republic of South Africa|South African]] [[African socialism|socialist]], [[Pan-Africanism|Pan-Africanist]] and anti-[[apartheid]] activist. He was at the forefront of the Black Consciousness Movement, a grassroots anti-apartheid movement that promoted non-violence, [[black nationalism]], Pan-Africanism and socialism, in the 1960s and 1970s. | '''Bantu Stephen Biko''' (18 December 1946 – 12 September 1977) was a [[Republic of South Africa|South African]] [[African socialism|socialist]], [[Pan-Africanism|Pan-Africanist]] and anti-[[apartheid]] activist. He was at the forefront of the Black Consciousness Movement, a grassroots anti-apartheid movement that promoted non-violence, [[black nationalism]], Pan-Africanism and socialism, in the 1960s and 1970s. | ||
Biko was killed in prison in 1977 by a guard who initially claimed the cause of death was a hunger strike. | Biko was killed in prison in 1977 by a guard who initially claimed the cause of death was a hunger strike. | ||