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{{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}}
{{Infobox revolutionary|name=Steve Biko|birth_name=Bantu Stephen 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.  
 
[[File:Biko poster.jpg|thumb|Famous poster of Steve Biko distributed after his death]]
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.

Latest revision as of 04:20, 17 September 2023

Steve Biko
Born
Bantu Stephen Biko

18 December 1946
Tarkastad, South Africa
Died12 September 1977 (aged 30)
Pretoria, South Africa
Cause of deathBeating
NationalitySouth African
Political orientationAfrican socialism
Pan-Africanism
Black Consciousness
Political partySouth African Students' Organisation (SASO)


Bantu Stephen Biko (18 December 1946 – 12 September 1977) was a South African socialist, 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.

Famous poster of Steve Biko distributed after his death

Biko was killed in prison in 1977 by a guard who initially claimed the cause of death was a hunger strike.