Steve Biko

1977-11-01

Africa Media Online
Pietermaritzburg, South Africa

A nation weeps. Mourners gather to pay their last respects as Steve Biko's body lies in state in his home before the funeral, attended by 20,000 mourners at King William's Town. Part of the crowd of 20 000 mourners who attended the funeral. (Photograph by Drum Photographer BAHA)

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Title: Steve Biko
Date: 1977-11-01
Location: King Williams Town, Eastern Cape, South Africa
Subject Keywords: South Africa,Drum Magazine,South African history,black and white image,horizontal,November,ANC,politics,1977,funeral,Steve Biko,King Williams Town,mourners,1970s
Original Source: Baileys African History Archive
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