Kidz of Biko

Kidz of Biko Kidz of Biko is a dynamic youth organization dedicated to decolonizing, celebrating, and empowering blackness.

The aim of KOB is to decolonize, educate and celebrate blackness.

12/09/2026

12 SEPTEMBER 1977.

Bantu Stephen Biko was murdered in apartheid police custody.

We know the history. We know the quotes. We know the photographs. We remember every September.

But what are we doing with what he left us?

Black Consciousness is not a theory meant to live in books or a legacy meant to be performed through commemoration. It is a call to transform how we see ourselves, our people and the world around us.

So perhaps the question for our generation isn’t “What would Biko think?” It’s what are we thinking? What are we building? What are we doing with the freedom we inherited?

BIKO IS NOT HISTORY.

11/09/2026

Introducing The Black Review Live,
A living archive of Black Consciousness.

For our first edition, we’re asking:

What do we owe the generations that fought for the freedom we inherited?

Part of Soweto Art Collective, reclaiming our stories, preserving our memory and reconnecting with our power.

Eyethu Heritage Hall, Soweto
12 September | Doors open 13:00 | Film starts 14:00
If you’re able, bring a book to donate.

Quicket link in bio

09/09/2026

For this edition of The Black Review Live, we screen Studying Under the Barrel of a Gun, a political psychological drama by South African writer & director Tebogo Malope.

Set at Turfloop during apartheid, the film follows a generation of students who turned their university into a site of resistance, drawing on the ideas of Black Consciousness, unity and collective action in the face of state violence.
And so, we ask:

What do we owe the generations that fought for the freedom we inherited?

Link in bio.

09/09/2026

For this edition of The Black Review Live, we screen Studying Under the Barrel of a Gun, a political psychological drama by South African writer & director Tebogo Malope.

Set at Turfloop during apartheid, the film follows a generation of students who turned their university into a site of resistance, drawing on the ideas of Black Consciousness, unity and collective action in the face of state violence.

And so, we ask:

What do we owe the generations that fought for the freedom we inherited?

Link in bio.

We bid farewell to Ntate Barney Mokgatle, a fearless organiser of the 1976 generation, a comrade whose courage and convi...
14/11/2025

We bid farewell to Ntate Barney Mokgatle, a fearless organiser of the 1976 generation, a comrade whose courage and conviction stood firm alongside Ntate Tsietsi Mashinini and countless others during the Soweto Uprising.

He was part of the quiet engine of ’76:, steady hands, sharp mind, and an unwavering commitment to Black dignity, justice, and liberation. His passing closes another chapter in a story written by those who dared to imagine freedom and fought to make it real.

Black Consciousness teaches us to honour the giants who walked before us. Ntate Barney Mokgatle was one of them.

Photo, left to right: Ntate Tsietsi Mashinini, Ntate Selby Semela, Ntate Barney Mokgatle.

This past Friday, we were honoured to be invited by the MolefePheto@90Project to celebrate the 90th birthday of Ntate Mo...
21/07/2025

This past Friday, we were honoured to be invited by the MolefePheto@90Project to celebrate the 90th birthday of Ntate Molefe Pheto at the , a homecoming for giant whose work shaped the very soul of Black arts and consciousness. 🖤

From Alexandra to London, from MDALI to exile, from protest to poetry, Ntate Molefe gave everything to the liberation of Black thought, culture, and identity.

Black Consciousness teaches us to love being Black.
And Ntate Molefe Pheto continues to make sure we never forgot it.

Black Minds. Powerful Voices. 🖤WeUprising x KOB Sober Discussions. Your Black Friend’s Conscious.
15/07/2025

Black Minds. Powerful Voices. 🖤
WeUprising x KOB Sober Discussions.
Your Black Friend’s Conscious.

“My blood will nourish the tree that will bear the fruits of freedom.”-Solomon Mahlangu, 6 April 1979Today would’ve been...
10/07/2025

“My blood will nourish the tree that will bear the fruits of freedom.”-Solomon Mahlangu, 6 April 1979

Today would’ve been Ntate Solomon Mahlangu’s 69th birthday.

He was only 22 when the apartheid government executed him.

A young MK soldier. A student. A freedom fighter.
He died for a country he believed could be free and fair.

Ntate is not just part of history books. He’s a reminder of what young people are capable of when they’re informed, conscious, and committed.

For today’s generation, students, workers, creatives, his story matters because it shows us that youth have always been central to real change. Knowing who he was helps us understand the power we still have now.

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1st Floor, Eyethu Shopping Centre Machaba Dr, Mofolo Central, Soweto
Johannesburg
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