Biko, Steve, 1946-1977

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Information for Authority record

Name (Hebrew)
ביקו, סטיב, 1946-1977
Name (Latin)
Biko, Steve, 1946-1977
Other forms of name
Biko, B. S. (Bantu Stephen), 1946-1977
Biko, Bantu Stephen, 1946-1977
Biko, S. B. (Stephen Bantu), 1946-1977
Biko, Steven, 1946-1977
Biko, Stephen, 1946-1977
Date of birth
1946-12-18
Date of death
1977-09-12
Associated country
South Africa
Occupation
Political activists
Gender
male
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 66481133
Wikidata: Q214473
Library of congress: n 79055096
Sources of Information
  • Dictionary of African Biography, accessed via The Oxford African American Studies Center online database, July 27, 2014:(Biko, Steve; Stephen Bantu Biko; political activist, educator; born 18 December 1946 in King William's Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa; expelled from Lovedale Institute because of his brother's political activity; moved to the Catholic boarding school of St. Francis College in Marianhill, outside Durban; in the late 1960s, entered the University of Natal to study medicine, but was expelled because of his political activities; over time, he became a key figure in the anti-apartheid struggle; led the formation of the South African Students' Organization (SASO) (1968); popularized the ideas of the Black Consciousness Movement; was detained twice under the Terrorism Act (1976, 1977); died 12 September 1977 in Pretoria, South Africa)
  • Steve Biko, 2003:page 7 (Bantu Stephen Biko was born on 18 December 1946 in Ginsberg Location, a township near King Williams's Town, in the Eastern Cape) page 26 (died September 12, 1977)
  • Black viewpoint, 1972.
  • LC data base, 3/17/88(hdg.: Biko, Stephen, 1946-1977; usage: Steve Biko, B.S. Biko)
  • Blair, J. A miserable and lonely death, 1977:t.p. (Steven Biko)
  • Biko doctors case collection (MI) 1986?:fr. 9 (S.B. Biko) fr. 13 (Steve Biko)
  • Bounds of possibility, 1991:t.p., in subtitle (Steve Biko) p. 14, in photo caption (Bantu Stephen Biko)