Monday, September 27, 2010

A More Important Frank Talk

Believe it or not my blog "Frank Talk" is NOT the first nor the most significant Frank Talk out there.  I know it's hard to believe but just trust me.

Frank Talk was actually a political journal founded in the early 1980s in South Africa and was the pseudonym that anti-Apartheid activist Stephen Biko used. If you don't know about Steve Biko, you should totally google him.  He was a courageous freedom fighter and helped change the course of South African history.  There also was a movie made about him in the U.S called "Cry Freedom" watch it! Anyways Biko's Frank Talk was used to promote the idea of Black Consciousness, which helped to mobilize South Africans to fight against Apartheid.


 So I am sure you can now agree that Biko's Frank Talk was more important than this blog... but at least my Frank Talk is in good company.




"Black Consciousness is an attitude of the mind and a way of life..." Steve Biko

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