Steve Biko died because of the brain damage and beatings he received from the South African police. Biko never did a hunger strike it was because Britain police would not feed him properly. The whole hunger strike was all just a cover up.
Steve Biko
Steve Biko is famous because of his political activities such as the rising of black consciousness. and was banned. He was also moving towards getting out of South Africa and telling the newspapers in London about it. but was put in detention and was killed but Donald Woods newspaper editor and Biko's friend) managed to complete this mission and help other people know how bad South Africans were being treated
"Biko" by Peter Gabriel (1980)
Oprah Winfrey was raped, tortured, and pregnant at the age of 14.
Someone claimed that a terrorist was going to see Steven Biko so they tortured Biko. Biko died at age 30.
Yes, Nkosinathi Biko, Samora Biko, Lerato Biko, Motlatsi Biko and Hlumeo Biko
Steve Biko was a political activist, who liked to write and had dealt with a lot of racism. He was caught at a road block by the police. He died of a brain heammorage at the police station , and the police and autopsy report had no definitive answer as to how exactly he had died.
Steve Biko was arrested by the South African government for his anti-apartheid activism and leadership in the Black Consciousness Movement. He was detained without trial under the Terrorism Act, which allowed the government to arrest and hold individuals indefinitely without formal charges.
He was suspected of involvement in terrorism -which was very broadly defined as anything that might "endanger the maintenance of law and order.
The SS arrested, tortured, murdered, imprisoned, and put in forced labor.
Biko - song - was created in 1987.
Hlumelo Biko was born in 1978.
Ali Biko Kamanda's birth name is Ali Sulaiman Biko Kamanda.
one of his disciple's went against him. He told the Romans and they went to go get him. then he was tortured. wiped and sacrificed. :-(
Niccolò Machiavelli was arrested for alleged conspiracy against the ruling Medici family in Florence. After being imprisoned and tortured, he was eventually released but banished from the city.
It is understood Mr Biko died in hospital in Pretoria. The government minister of Justice and Police, James Kruger, stated that Mr Biko had been transferred 740 miles (1,191 km) from Port Elizabeth to Pretoria for medical attention following a seven-day hunger strike. Mr Biko had been in custody since 18 August when he was arrested and detained under the Terrorism Act. He is the 20th person to die in custody during the past 18 months. South African Embassy confirmed that he died from being beaten from the police.