Tommy Tainant
Diamond Member
Why is Steve Biko's remarkable legacy often overlooked? - CNN
In 1977, Biko was killed in police custody after brutal interrogation and torture. Despite a subsequent politicalcover up, the circumstances of his death were exposed, laying bare the violence of the apartheid state. His death led to greater international pressure against white minority rule, particularly via the global Anti-Apartheid Movement and influential people such as white journalist and activist Donald Woods, whose friendship with Biko was the subject of the 1987 film "Cry Freedom."
Worth remembering when people gloss over the horrors of apartheid.
In 1977, Biko was killed in police custody after brutal interrogation and torture. Despite a subsequent politicalcover up, the circumstances of his death were exposed, laying bare the violence of the apartheid state. His death led to greater international pressure against white minority rule, particularly via the global Anti-Apartheid Movement and influential people such as white journalist and activist Donald Woods, whose friendship with Biko was the subject of the 1987 film "Cry Freedom."
Worth remembering when people gloss over the horrors of apartheid.