History A-Level
Black Consciousness
What Black Consciousness means in History A-Level, as defined for Pearson Edexcel.
Definition of Black Consciousness
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Reference: Pearson Edexcel
An ideology shaped by Steve Biko and SASO that rejected white-led opposition and urged black South Africans to assert psychological and cultural pride.
Topics that use Black Consciousness
- Redefining resistance and challenges to National Party power, 1968–83 (Pearson Edexcel A-Level)
Related terms
- Economic constraints
- Exile and internal resistance
- International solidarity and diplomacy
- Isolation of the apartheid regime
- Leadership and organisation
- Political legitimacy
- Resistance and repression
- South African Students’ Organisation (SASO)
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