Author: Steven Biko

Quotes

Black Consciousness is an attitude of the mind and a way of life, the most positive call to emanate from the black world for a long time.

Black Consciousness is an attitude of the mind and a way of life, the most positive call to emanate from the black world for a long time.

- Steven Biko

It becomes more necessary to see the truth as it is if you realize that the only vehicle for change are these people who have lost their personality.

It becomes more necessary to see the truth as it is if you realize that the only vehicle for change are these people who have lost their personality.

- Steven Biko

The revolutionary sees his task as liberation not only of the oppressed but also of the oppressor. Happiness can never truly exist in a state of tension.

The revolutionary sees his task as liberation not only of the oppressed but also of the oppressor. Happiness can never truly exist in a state of tension.

- Steven Biko

I would describe and I have described myself to people who ask as a freedom fighter.

I would describe and I have described myself to people who ask as a freedom fighter.

- Steven Biko

The press is largely directed at white society or the so-called electorate whose values are laced with racial prejudice against black people.

The press is largely directed at white society or the so-called electorate whose values are laced with racial prejudice against black people.

- Steven Biko

A people without a positive history is like a vehicle without an engine.

A people without a positive history is like a vehicle without an engine.

- Steven Biko

Being black is not a matter of pigmentation - being black is a reflection of a mental attitude.

Being black is not a matter of pigmentation - being black is a reflection of a mental attitude.

- Steven Biko

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