Biko

[ bee-koh ]

noun

1. Stephen Bantu Steve, 1946–77, South African antiapartheid activist killed in police custody.

Biko

/ ˈbiːkəʊ /

noun

1. BikoSteven Bantu19461977MSouth AfricanPOLITICS: civil-rights leader Steven Bantu , known as Steve . 1946–77, Black South African civil rights leader: founder of the South African Students Organization. His death in police custody caused worldwide concern

Example Sentences

Steve Biko, the leading Black Consciousness campaigner who later died after being beaten by the South African security services, said Buthelezi was being exploited by the apartheid regime and not - as the Inkatha leader believed - working within the system to undermine it.

From BBC

Mr. Haigh was soon making contacts with Black activists, including Steve Biko.

From Washington Post

Under police orders, Biko was restricted from leaving King William’s Town.

From Washington Post

Biko gave Mr. Haigh access to the inner leadership of the apartheid fight.

From Washington Post

Yet within a year, Biko was dead — arrested in August 1977 and killed in custody the next month.

From Washington Post