Steve Bantu Biko

Steve Bantu Biko (December 1946 – September 1977) was a noted anti-apartheid activist in South Africa in the 1960s and early 1970s. He espoused, inspired, and promoted black pride. A student leader, he founded the Black Consciousness Movement which would empower and mobilize much of the urban black population. One of the greatest legacies of the struggle that Biko waged – and for which he died – was the explosion of pride among the victims of apartheid. The value that black consciousness placed on culture reverberated across the country.