Image Source<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n34. You and I are now in confrontation, but I see no Violence.<\/p>\n
35. In a bid for change, we have to take off our coats, be prepared to lose our comfort and security, our jobs and positions of prestige, and our families… A struggle without casualties is no struggle.<\/p>\n
36. I\u2019m going to be me as I am, and you can beat me or jail me or even kill me, but I\u2019m not going to be what you want me to be.<\/p>\n
37. If one is free at heart, no man-made chains can bind one to servitude, but if one’s mind is so manipulated and controlled by the oppressor, then there will be nothing the oppressed can do to scare his powerful masters.<\/p>\n
38. I would describe and I have described myself to people who ask as a freedom fighter.<\/p>\n
39. Community is easily divided when their perception of the same thing is different<\/p>\n
40. If you want to say something radical, you should dress conservatively.<\/p>\n
Lesser-Known Facts About Biko’s Death<\/h3>\n\n- Steve Bantu Biko’s death brought the number of people that died in South African prison in twelve months to 21.<\/li>\n
- He was the forty-sixth political detainee that died during interrogation after the laws permitting imprisonment without trial was enacted in 1963.<\/li>\n
- His shocking death attracted more global attention and even\u00a0became symbolic of the abuses of the apartheid system.<\/li>\n
- At first, the then police minister, Jimmy Kruger, claimed Biko died as a result of a hunger strike. But he later refuted the claim, he alleged Biko had plotted violence against the government.<\/li>\n
- Biko was buried by the Anglican church on 25 September 1977 at King William’s Town’s Victoria Stadium.<\/li>\n
- His funeral was attended by over 20,000 people, of which a vast majority were black, then a few hundred whites, including Biko’s friends, such as Russell and Woods, Helen Suzman, Alex Boraine, and Zach de Beer.<\/li>\n
- The societal event was later described as “the first mass political funeral in the country”.<\/li>\n
- The event pulled foreign diplomats from thirteen nations.<\/li>\n
- Biko’s coffin had been decorated with the motifs of a clenched black fist, the African continent, and the statement “One Azania, One Nation”<\/li>\n
- He was laid to rest in the cemetery at Ginsberg.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n