Flashcards: Resisting Apartheid: Biko and Woods — 18 cards

Apartheid — definition?

System of racial segregation and discrimination.

Racial oppression — role?

Maintains racial inequalities and domination.

Townships — location?

Poor Black residential areas under apartheid.

Institutional racism — mechanism?

Built into laws and institutions.

Steve Biko — role?

Black leader promoting Black Consciousness.

Black Consciousness — focus?

Rebuilding Black dignity and self-confidence.

Dignity — targeted by?

Apartheid seeks to destroy it.

Donald Woods — transformation?

From moderate journalist to political opponent.

Liberal newspaper — role?

Challenged official narratives and supported reform.

Township visits — purpose?

Show daily effects of apartheid firsthand.

Banning orders — restrictions?

Limit speech, movement, and meetings.

State repression — tools?

Surveillance, arrests, violence.

Biko arrest — event?

Police detain him violently.

Torture — during?

Police abuse Biko in detention.

Cover-up — claim?

Biko died after hunger strike.

Woods investigation — result?

Proved police tortured Biko.

Threats and exile — reasons?

To silence Woods and protect him.

International exposure — effect?

Raised global awareness against apartheid.