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Site of memory · The Decolonization of Africa, 1945–1994

Steve Biko

Map showing Steve Biko — The Decolonization of Africa, 1945–1994
SITE OF MEMORY · THE DECOLONIZATION OF AFRICA, 1945–1994

12 Sep 1977 — The founder of Black Consciousness dies of his injuries after police interrogation in Port Elizabeth; the inquest finds no one responsible. His death makes him apartheid’s most famous martyr. Remember him.

This is one scene of Chapter 10 — Apartheid’s Long Fall in The Decolonization of Africa, 1945–1994.

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