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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.
Stephen Bantu (Steve) Biko
The brutal circumstances of Biko's death in a Pretoria prison cell caused a worldwide outcry and he became a martyr and symbol of black resistance to the oppressive Apartheid regime.
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