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| "The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed." - Stephen Biko, 1946-1977 (23 years ago, 25-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) I'm unsure of what the actual goal of this post is, though I like that people are reading Biko. :D Clarification? best LFB (23 years ago, 25-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Simply that today is the anniversary of Biko's funeral (his actual death was the 13th of September, his admitted death somewhere between the two). Biko's work, and his murder had a fairly profound effect on me, and I was reminded of that today (...) (23 years ago, 25-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) Do you have a quick link or two to proffer? Something relatively short or predigested, or maybe you could do a para or two runthrough? There is so MUCH to read these days, but I haven't heard exactly why he has significance (I recall that (...) (23 years ago, 25-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) A quick summary is that Stephen Biko was a black South African under aparteid who refused to not speak out against it; this got him expelled from university for his politcal views, and turned into a fugitive by the government. He was arrested (...) (23 years ago, 25-Sep-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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