You Can't Blow Out a Fire: The Life and Death of Steve Biko
Peter Gabriel and Youssou N'Dour Perform Gabriel's Song Biko at Friends United Against Malaria - Genève, Switzerland on 08/10/2005. Today, September 12, 2011, on the anniversary of Steve Biko's death at the hands of the South African security police, I reflect on the impact Mr. Biko had on South Africa and the world. I stand with Artists for a New South Africa and proclaim, "Biko lives on!" On September 12,1977 Steve Biko died in in police custody in South Africa. The leader of the black consciousness movement in South Africa, Steve Biko, was 30 years old. Mr Biko had been in custody since August 18, 1977. He was the 20th person to die in custody during an 18 month stretch in 1976-1977. Steve Biko left a wife and two children. Steve Biko's Biography Steve Biko was born in South Africa in 1946. He became active in the anti-apartheid movement in 1960s when he was studying medicine at the University of Natal. Steve Biko organized the South Africa...
