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Essay Archive - Stephen Bantu Biko
Stephen Bantu Biko
Stephen Biko is known internationally as the founder of the South
African Students' Organization (SASO), and a leading force in the South Africa
Black Consciousness movement. He fought against the separation between black
and whites, called apartheid (the Afrikaans term for separateness). His
childhood experiences and character, lead him to became a powerful leader.
Steve Biko was born on December 18, 1946, in King William's Town, South
Africa. He father was a clerk and his mother was a housemaid. Following the
Sharpeville massacre in 1960, Biko was just 17 years old when he became a
political activist. He star....
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