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Subject: BIKO, STEVE (1946-1977)
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` SOUNDS OF A BURNING HOUSE: 3. A TRIBUTE TO NELSON MANDELA, by SIM E. N. KOMBEM    Poem Source                    
First Line: Mandela -- mandela %flame of my peoples hope
Last Line: Sisulu %mahlangou %steve biko %mandela %where are you
Subject(s): Biko, Steve (1946-1977); Mandela, Nelson (b. 1918)


STEVE BIKO IS DEAD, by JACK A. MAPANJE    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: The boers have poked another
Last Line: And give evidence %for hope bereft?
Subject(s): Biko, Steve (1946-1977)


TO THE DIASPORA: MUSIC FOR MARTYRS, by GWENDOLYN BROOKS    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I feel a regret, steve biko
Last Line: Of your tracts, your triumphs, your tribulations
Subject(s): Biko, Steve (1946-1977)


TO THE DIASPORA: MUSIC FOR MARTYRS, by GWENDOLYN BROOKS    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I feel a regret, steve biko
Last Line: Of your tracts, your truimphs, your tribulations
Subject(s): Biko, Steve (1946-1977)


TRIBUTE FOR STEVE BIKO, by DENNIS BRUTUS    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: The dusty roads
Last Line: Even if they robbed him of his life
Alternate Author Name(s): Bruin, John
Subject(s): Biko, Steve (1946-1977); South Africa - Anti-apartheid Movement