This week is the anniversary of the death of Steve Biko the nationalist and anrti-apartheid actiivist murdered by the South Afruca police.
Biko’s death exemplifies the struggle and sacrifice of many African nationalists such as Dedan Kimathi in Kenya who was executed by the British colonialist government. When Nationalist icon Nelson Mandela was released after 27 years of imprisonment he went to meet Kimathi’s widow.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Biko
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dedan_Kimathi
Link: ‘iAfrica’: ( Lists many who died to free South Africa).
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OLJSz-wzOHI
Image: Steve Biko – Inset: Dedan Kimathi badly injured but still defiant when taken prisoner – They struggled and died to free Africa from colonialism.
Bernard Moffatt
AGS Celtic League (17th September 2021)
