Steve Biko

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Black Consciousness theorist anti-apartheid activist human political dissident

Steve Biko was a South African anti-apartheid activist and leading proponent of the Black Consciousness Movement, whose ideas and death in police custody made him an enduring symbol of resistance to racial oppression.

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Label	Occurrences
Steve Biko canonical	11
Bantu Stephen Biko	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Black Consciousness theorist ⓘ anti-apartheid activist ⓘ human ⓘ political dissident ⓘ
arrestedOn	1977-08-18 ⓘ
causeOfDeath	injuries sustained in police custody ⓘ
coFounded	Black People's Convention ⓘ South African Students' Organisation ⓘ
commemoratedOn	Steve Biko Day (various local observances in South Africa) ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	South Africa ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1946-12-18 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1977-09-12 ⓘ
detainedBy	South African Police Service ⓘ surface form: South African Security Police
educatedAt	Lovedale High School ⓘ St. Francis College, Mariannhill ⓘ Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine Campus ⓘ surface form: University of Natal Medical School
ethnicGroup	Xhosa ⓘ
familyName	Biko ⓘ
fullName	Steve Biko self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Bantu Stephen Biko
givenName	Bantu ⓘ Stephen ⓘ
hasMemorial	Steve Biko Academic Hospital ⓘ Steve Biko Foundation ⓘ Steve Biko Memorial Lecture ⓘ Steve Biko statue in East London, South Africa ⓘ
inspired	anti-apartheid movement in South Africa ⓘ global Black Consciousness movements ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ Xhosa ⓘ
mannerOfDeath	death in custody ⓘ homicide ⓘ
movement	Black Consciousness Movement ⓘ
notableFor	leadership in the Black Consciousness Movement ⓘ opposition to apartheid in South Africa ⓘ
numberOfChildren	4 ⓘ
occupation	medical student ⓘ political activist ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Tarkastad, Eastern Cape, South Africa ⓘ
placeOfDeath	Pretoria, South Africa ⓘ
politicalIdeology	African nationalism ⓘ Black Consciousness Movement ⓘ surface form: Black Consciousness
portrayedIn	Cry Freedom ⓘ
positionHeld	president of the South African Students' Organisation ⓘ
religion	Christianity ⓘ
spouse	Ntsiki Mashalaba ⓘ
subjectOf	song "Biko" by Peter Gabriel ⓘ
symbolOf	Black pride and self-determination ⓘ resistance to apartheid ⓘ
wrote	I Write What I Like ⓘ

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Xhosa people → hasNotablePerson → Steve Biko ⓘ

Cry Freedom → mainSubject → Steve Biko ⓘ

Cry Freedom → portrays → Steve Biko ⓘ

Soweto Uprising → associatedWith → Steve Biko ⓘ

anti-apartheid movement → supportedLeader → Steve Biko ⓘ

Mamphela Ramphele → partner → Steve Biko ⓘ

Black Consciousness Movement → associatedWith → Steve Biko ⓘ

Black Consciousness Movement → keyFigure → Steve Biko ⓘ

Biko → inspiredBy → Steve Biko ⓘ

Biko → commemorates → Steve Biko ⓘ

Biko → helpedRaiseAwarenessOf → Steve Biko ⓘ

Steve Biko → fullName → Steve Biko self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Bantu Stephen Biko