This year, 2007, marks the thirtieth anniversary of the death of Stephen Bantu Biko in police custody. In recognition of this and in celebration of his life, a biography of his life will be included in the Fingo Village Blog. Biko visited Rhodes and Grahamstown in 1967 for a NUSAS (National Union of South African Students) conference. Rhodes was at that stage a white campus. In terms of a ministerial decree the university authorities did not allow black delegates to stay in the residences or to eat in the dining halls. Biko was outraged by this and made his dissatisfaction known. It is said that it was at this point that Biko realised the exact nature of what he was fighting for and the enormity of the challenge he faced in fighting and campaigning for a non-racial South Africa.
Member of the Fingo Village community remember seeing Biko. Steve Biko was one of the key figures in the anti-apartheid struggle, someone whose legacy still lives today and whose life and ideas continue to inspire many young people.
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