In 1949 he won a scholarship to study at the University of Fort Hare in South Africa's Eastern Cape. There he joined the African National Congress youth league and attended African nationalist meetings
Mu 1949 adapeza mwayi wophunzira pa yunivesite ya Fort Hare ku South Africa ku Eastern Cape. Kumeneko adalowa nawo bungwe la achinyamata la African National Congress ndipo adachita nawo misonkhano ya African Nationalist