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date: 26 March 2025

Steve Biko 1946–77
South African anti-apartheid campaigner 

  1. The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.
    statement as witness, 3 May 1976
  2. The basic tenet of Black consciousness is that the Black man must reject all value systems that seek to make him a foreigner in the country of his birth and reduce his basic human dignity.
    statement as witness, 3 May 1976