Overview
Identifiers
Inventory Number
3327BB46
Site Name
Steve Biko Statue, City Hall, East London
Site Category
Record Administration
Post date
Wednesday, February 10, 2016 - 15:15
Last modified
Thursday, May 2, 2024 - 18:49
Monuments
Monuments & Memorials Recordings
Submitted by sahrisprojectmanager on Monday, March 8, 2021 - 22:50.
Identifiers
Classifications
Monument Type
Description
It is to commemorate Bantu Stephen Biko a South African anti-apartheid activist, born at Tarkastad in the Eastern Cape. Ideologically an African nationalist and African socialist, he was at the forefront of a grassroots anti-apartheid campaign known as the Black Consciousness Movement during the late 1960s and 1970s.
Original Position
East London City Hall, Eastern Cape
Contains Animal figures?
No
Contains Human figures?
No
Designer
Construction Materials
Bronze
Pedestal Material
Stone
Person/Institution Commemorated
Event Commemorated
His contribution in fighting against apartheid.
Date Unveiled
Unveiled Comment
Former South African President Nelson Mandela
Inscriptions
"We salute a here of the nation .Daily dispatch September 1977 on the death of Steve Biko"
Location
Location
Mapping
-33.014562, 27.90394
Eastern Cape
- Buffalo City
Directions to Site
Chief Albert Luthuli figure in located in the corner of King Shaka and Albert Luthuli Street.
Access details
Public Accessible
Media
Media
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