THE ROLE OF STEVE BIKO
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- 3. Biko was the ................ of Black Consciousness in South Africa in the 1960s and 70s.
- 6. For his continued .................. Biko was detained and interrogated four times between 1975 and 1977.
- 8. Steve Biko was ............... and confined to King Williams Town.
- 9. urged the emancipation of black people by their own efforts which required discarding the inferiority complex imposed by apartheid and white racism.
- 10. The Black People's Convention, aimed at uniting various BCM organisations under one umbrella, elected .............. as its first president in 1977.
- 11. One of the BCM organisations focusing on social upliftment, general literacy, and black economic self-reliance.
- 13. What did Biko's death highlight about the South African security system.
- 16. Where was Biko transported naked, without medical escort, for 12 hours in the back of a police van.
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- 1. Black Consciousness was ideologically inspired by the .......................... freedom movement.
- 2. His brutal murder in police custody made him a ..................
- 4. Where did Biko enroll to study medicine after matriculation in 1965 in
- 5. Where was born?
- 7. sought to cultivate ................. and unity amongst all the oppressed people of South Africa.
- 11. Became active NUSAS but resigned in 1969 with a substantial body of black students who felt that NUSAS did not represent the needs of............
- 12. Led directly to the decision by Western governments to support the United Nations Security Council's ban on ........... to apartheid South Africa.
- 14. What happaned to Biko during his last detention at the headquarters of the Security Police in Port Elizabeth.
- 15. Biko was a speaker whose perception and energy urged people to take their .............. into their own hands.