REVIVAL OF UBUNTU IN MEMORY OF STEPHEN BANTU BIKO

Heads & Raps Session hosted EloHIP REVIVAL OF UBUNTU IN MEMORY OF STEPHEN BANTU BIKO on Saturday, the 13^th of September 2014. The audience witnessed the EloHIP presentation in the form of speeches, music and poetry.

I wrote a poem in memory of Stephen Bantu Biko but I only had few lines on the 13^th of September; so I could not recite it. I wrote couple of lines a few days later and I titled it “Black is Beautiful”

Hereunder is the poem:

Black is Beautiful

Black man

Black soul

Black spirit

Black power

Black woman

Black Goddess

Black beauty

Black pride

“Black is beautiful”

Stephen Bantu Biko said: “being black is not a matter of pigmentation – being black is a reflection of a mental attitude.”

For this African warrior had been robbed of his life at the age of 30

Fighting for the restitution of black dignity

Mobilising blacks to eradicate the psychological feeling of inferiority

Founded self-reliance programmes to build black communities

Under the umbrella of Black Consciousness Movement

That promoted

Black pride

Self-love

Black power

Self-reliance

Stephen Bantu Biko said: “Black is beautiful”

“Black man, you’re on your own”

To view pictures of the event, please visit: https://www.facebook.com/groups/182286005172053/ 

Written by:

Amalahle Ashushu

Ndiyabulela



Picture Source: http://v1.sahistory.org.za/pages/governence-projects/black-consciousness/biko_2/gallery/gallery-BAHA-Biko-Funeral-1977-05.htm