Biko remembered, 43 years on
Biko was a student leader who later founded the Black Consciousness Movement, which advocated for love for all humanity and self-love. Pic: SA History Online
September 12, 2020 marked 43 years since the death of Black Consciousness leader Steven Bantu Biko.
Biko, widely hailed as the father of Black Consciousness, has been remembered as a fearless political activist who was not afraid of standing against unfairness and injustice.
He died after sustaining injuries in a police cell at the then Pretoria Central Prison on September 12, 1977.
VOWFM’s Anastasi Mokgobu has more.