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Steven Biko Quotes

Steven Biko Quotes & Quotations
Name:
Steven Biko
Type:
Activist
Nationality:
South African
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  • 1
    Black Consciousness is an attitude of the mind and a way of life, the most positive call to emanate from the black world for a long time. Steven-BikoSteven Biko
  • 2
    Black man, you are on your own. Steven-BikoSteven Biko
  • 3
    In time, we shall be in a position to bestow on South Africa the greatest possible gift - a more human face. Steven-BikoSteven Biko
  • 4
    It becomes more necessary to see the truth as it is if you realize that the only vehicle for change are these people who have lost their personality. Steven-BikoSteven Biko
  • 5
    Merely by describing yourself as black you have started on a road towards emancipation, you have committed yourself to fight against all forces that seek to use your blackness as a stamp that marks you out as a subservient being. Steven-BikoSteven Biko
  • 6
    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. Steven-BikoSteven Biko
  • 7
    The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed. Steven-BikoSteven Biko
  • 8
    The most potent weapon of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed. Steven-BikoSteven Biko
  • 9
    You are either alive and proud or you are dead, and when you are dead, you can't care anyway. Steven-BikoSteven Biko