Steve Biko's wife and son, Port Elizabeth, 1997

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Title: Steve Biko's wife and son, Port Elizabeth, 1997
Creator: Edelstein, Jillian
Subject: Apartheid--South Africa, Political violence--South Africa, South Africa--Social conditions, War crimes investigation--South Africa, Truth and Lies
Description: Nkosinathi and Ntsiki Biko, Steve Biko's wife and son, with human rights lawyer, George Bizos, Port Elizabeth 1997. Steve Biko, the leader of the Black Consciousness movement, died in Pretoria on 12 September 1977. He was beaten into a coma during interrogation by security officers. The inquest found that Biko had died of head injuries inflicted over a period of several days during his detention. Five security policemen came forward to confess to the assault in 1997. The application for amnesty was successfully opposed by the Biko family.
Publisher: University of Cape Town. Libraries
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Date: 1997-00-00
Type: StillImage
Format: portrait photographs, documentary photographs, black-and-white photographs
Identifier: islandora:789
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Coverage: South Africa--Eastern Cape, Province of--Port Elizabeth
Rights: Copyright held by the photographer, Jillian Edelstein. Please contact the Special Collections at the University of Cape Town Libraries for further information about using and/or publishing this photograph.