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What happens when death becomes the ultimate marker of one’s commitment to one’s freedom? Jacob Dlamini explores this and other questions in his new book, Dying for Freedom: Political Martyrdom in ...

There is an irony in the fact that the practice of history has declined so rapidly since 1994. Historians are an ageing lot, engaged in an unfashionable pursuit with limited material rewards. The ...

Though unsure whether the inquest into his father’s death will ever bring closure, the son of anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko says at the very least he hopes history will be corrected. Nkosinathi ...

Thirty years after freedom fighter Steve Biko was beaten to death by police, his image is still instantly recognisable across South Africa. Like the South American revolutionary Che Guevara, T-shirts ...

In 1831 a young Black man and his followers, armed with farm implements, moved from farm to farm killing White people. Within a day the group had killed about 60 Whites. The young man's name was Nat ...

A poster of Steve Biko is held up at the unveiling of a statue commemorating him in 1997. Walter Dhladhla/AFP via Getty Images In 1966, Steve Biko began studying medicine at the University of Natal in ...

Along with Nelson Mandela and Robert Sobukwe, Steve Biko was one of the most important anti-apartheid leaders in mid-20th century South Africa. Liberal newspaper editor Donald Woods (Kevin Kline) has ...

Want to bookmark your favourite articles and stories to read or reference later? Start your Independent Membership today. I met Steve Biko once. His miserable death on the floor of a South African ...