Steve Biko And The BCM

Question 1

Steve Biko timeline

Answer 1

Medical student
Member of NUSAS 
Broke away from NUSAS and formed SASO 
SASO spread black consciousness thinking through ‘black’ universities
He spread philosophies to other areas
Banned by SA government 
Murdered

Question 2

Why did the government fear Biko: someone who was talking about keeping races separate

Answer 2

He created Mass movement which went against the apartheid idea of divide and rule
He encouraged:
- blacks to stand against apartheid
- strike action and gave workers a sense if their own power
- disinvestment
He helped build black solidarity

Question 3

Black consciousness

Answer 3

• ‘Black’ included any of the oppressed
• Was a philosophy, and attitude and way of life
• It aimed to conscientise black South Africans and instill in them the sense of self-worth and dignity, which apartheid has systematically destroyed.
• Encourage black self-reliance - economic reliance and self-reliance in black expel achieving their own liberation
• Created pride in black african heritage and culture

Question 4

Black consciousness convention

Answer 4

An umbrella body for black consciousness groups. It’s aim was to involve adults in the movement, to help break the silence and hopelessness of the 60s. Self help projects were established

Question 5

High school students

Answer 5

Ideas filtered sown into the high schools. This was a major factor of the Soweto uprising