— steve biko
biko opposed collaboration apartheid government, such agreements coloured , indian communities made regime. in view, bantustan system greatest single fraud ever invented white politicians , stating designed divide bantu-speaking african population along tribal lines. openly criticised zulu leader mangosuthu buthelezi, stating latter s co-operation south african government [diluted] cause of black liberation. believed fighting apartheid in south africa should link anti-colonial struggles elsewhere in world , activists in global african diaspora combating racial prejudice , discrimination. hoped foreign countries boycott south africa s economy.
biko believed while apartheid , white-minority rule continued, sporadic outbursts of violence against white minority inevitable. wanted avoid violence, stating if @ possible, want revolution peaceful , reconciliatory . noted views on violence differed within bcm—which contained both pacifists , believers in violent revolution—although group had agreed operate peacefully, , unlike pac , anc, had no armed wing.
a staunch anti-imperialist, biko saw south african situation microcosm of broader black–white power struggle manifests global confrontation between third world , rich white nations of world . suspicious of soviet union s motives in supporting african liberation movements, relating russia imperialistic america ; noted in eyes of third world have cleaner slate . acknowledged material assistance provided soviets more valuable anti-apartheid cause speeches , wrist-slapping provided western governments. cautious of possibility of post-apartheid south africa getting caught in imperialist cold war rivalries of united states , soviet union.
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