Steve Biko

Books by Steve Biko

I Write What I Like
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Black consciousness in South Africa
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The Testimony of Steve Biko
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Quotes by Steve Biko

At the time of his death, Biko had a wife and three children for which he left a letter that stated in one part: —I've devoted my life to see equality for blacks, and at the same time, I've denied the needs of my family. Please understand that I take these actions, not out of selfishness or arrogance, but to preserve a South Africa worth living in for blacks and whites.
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At the time of his death, Biko had a wife and three children for which he left a letter that stated in one part: —I've devoted my life to see equality for blacks, and at the same time, I've denied the needs of my family. Please understand that I take these actions, not out of selfishness or arrogance, but to preserve a South Africa worth living in for blacks and whites.
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The myth of integration as propounded under the banner of the liberal ideology must be cracked because it makes people believe that something is being achieved when in reality the artificially integrated circles are a soporific to the blacks while salving the consciences of the few guilt-stricken whites.
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As a prelude, whites must be made to realize that they are only human, not superior. Same with blacks. They must be made to realize that they are also human, not inferior.
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The basic tenet of black consciousness is that the black man must reject all value systems that seek to make him a foreigner in the country of his birth and reduce his basic human dignity.
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You are either alive and proud, or you are dead, and when you are dead, you can't care anyway.
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We are aware that the white man is sitting at our table. We know he has no right to be there; we want to remove him from our table, strip the table of all the trappings put on it by him, decorate it in true African style, settle down and then ask him to join us on our terms if he wishes.
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The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.
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