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Islington Tribune - by JAMIE WELHAM
Published: 2 November 2007

Chants greet Biko’s son

THE son of the late anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko spoke at a packed Town Hall chamber in the finale to Black History Month on Tuesday.
Nkosinathi Biko, pictured above, who was accompanied by his mother Ntsiki, was greeted with a standing ovation and rousing freedom chants.
He spoke of his father’s legacy 30 years after his death.
He said: “When people speak of my father, they often focus on the circumstances surrounding his death and gloss over his struggle. They think of him as a victim – testimony to a brutal regime.
“But we should remember the contribution he made to society.”
Steve Biko was aged 30 when he died after being beaten during a police interrogation in Pretoria.

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