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By Alistair Boddy-Evans, About.com Guide to African History since 2001

Steve Biko Dies in Detention

Friday September 12, 2008
Steve Biko, the founder of the Black Consciousness movement in South Africa, died in a Pretoria prison cell on 12 September 1977. He was to become a martyr and symbol of black resistance to the oppressive Apartheid regime. Find out more about Steve Biko...

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