Two ex cops accused of killing South African anti apartheid hero Steve Biko will today controversially demand government money to protest their innocence. The two elderly men want legal aid as the ...

Editor’s Note: Matthew Graham is lecturer in history at the University of Dundee. The views expressed in this commentary are solely those of the writer. CNN is showcasing the work of The Conversation, ...

This year marks an important moment in the history of South Africa, namely the 50th anniversary of the founding of the SA Students' Organisation (Saso), whose key driver was Bantu Stephen Biko. The ...

The commemoration of Steve Biko demands more than a mere historicist recount; it necessitates an epistemic and ontological excavation into the very foundation of black subjectivity under colonialism ...

Donald Woods (Kevin Kline) meets Steve Biko (Denzel Washington) for the very first time #denzelwashington #cryfreedom ...

14 September 1977: The founder of the Black Consciousness Movement had been hailed as one of the country’s most important politicians Mr Steve Biko, the founder of the Black Consciousness Movement in ...

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 ...

I met Steve Biko once. His miserable death on the floor of a South African prison cell, 30 years ago today, still lay a few years in the future. So did his friendship with the white newspaper editor, ...

MANILA, Philippines — Pasig City Mayor-elect Vico Sotto has spoken up on the assertion of his father, Vic Sotto, that the sale of “biko” or rice cakes was prohibited in the city during the campaign ...