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Steve Biko on the idea of Black Consciousness and conscientisation ...

"...we do make reference to the condition of the black man and the condition in which the black man lives. We try to get blacks in conscientisation to grapple realistically with their problems, to attempt to find solutions to their problems, to develop what one might call an awareness of their situation, to be able to analyse it, and to provide answers for themselves.The purpose behind it really being to provide some kind of HOPE; I think the central theme about black society is that it has elements of a defeated society, people often look like they have given up the struggle. Like the man who was telling me that he now live to work, he has given himself to the idea. Now this sense of defeat is basically what we are  fighting against; people must not just give in to the hardships of life, people must develop a hope, people must develop some form of security to be together to look at their problems, and people must in this way build up their humanity. this is the point about conscientisation and black Consciousness..."

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