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is consciousness alive
did the dreams survive
has the oppresser confined
the oppressed minds?
banned!
simple conversations forbidden
quotes!
forbidden
movements!
forbidden
ANC
hostile!
but the eyes and ears of the world
were wakened by your slogan
“black is beautiful”
your protest role rose up at Soweto
where 700 school children were crushed
shot!
by heavily-armed police
and you became
a target!
your death
in the hands of the establishment
exposed!
the brutality of the apartheid regime.
and your voice rang true

Steve Biko Born 18/12/46 Murdered 12/09/77
"It is better to die for an idea that will live, than to live for an idea that will die."