This Day in #History 18/08

August 18, 1977
Steve Biko, the leader of the Black Consciousness Movement resisting apartheid, was arrested at a roadblock outside King William’s Town. He died while in custody from abuse during the weeks of interrogation that followed.

Steve Biko:
“So as a prelude whites must be made to realise that they are only human, not superior. Same with Blacks. They must be made to realise that they are also human, not inferior.””The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.” – Bikospeech in Cape Town, 1971

H/T Carl Bunin

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THE ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF THE YORUBA LANGUAGE | PROF. FAKINLEDE

Our language is our pathway to the transfer of knowledge from one generation to another. Losing our ability to communicate effectively with it means losing connectivity with our valuable past: the science, technology; medicine, philosophy, wisdom, literature, history; religion, etc. of our forebears. It means losing the economic advantages that derives from a language.
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H/T DAWN COMMISSION

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