

Goddess Oracle (Solitude)
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…..what true courage looks like.
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That is the reason why I liked Biko. He was not a coward.
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“I must say, he was very politically involved then as President of SASO. I remember we used to make appointments and if he does come he says, “Take me to the station – I’ve got a meeting in Johannesburg tomorrow”. So I happened to know him that way, and somehow I fell for him.”
In Durban in early 1970, Biko met Nontsikelelo (Ntsiki)… Read more
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” Nothing else matters if there is no liberation. It should be the deliverance of blacks themselves, for they are the ones who are in need for it. Biko is a philosopher of liberation in that he imagined the world that is outside oppression. It is a world where liberation must continue to be the existential mode of life – the very foci. As… Read more
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Steve in his days as a student, before expulsion from University of Natal (Wentworth).
….in 1968 we started forming what is now called SASO….which was firmly based on Black Consciousness, the essence of which was for the black man to elevate his own position by positively looking at those value systems that make him distinctively a man… Read more -
“What then happens when the state puts a philosophy on trial? This question is fundamental in the light of the infamous Black People’s Convention – South African Student’s Organisation (BPC-SASO) trial, where Biko’s associates were accused of treason under the draconian Terrorism Act. It is under the charges that inform this act that the trial… Read more
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ATTWELL: What do you understand the charges are against the accused? BIKO: Well, I have been made to understand they are supposed to have conspired at some point in history – I do not know when – to overthrow the state through unconstitutional means. They are supposed to have fanned the feelings of Blacks that result in a state of…
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