What did Biko study in the university?

Stephen Biko, a South African political leader of the late 1960s, became known as a hero for Black Nationalism upon his death in prison. Biko was born in King William’ s Town in what is now the province of Easten Cape. He entered the university of Natal in 1966 to study Medicine. In 1972, Biko was expelled for his political activities which were directed at the white minority government of South Africa and its restrictive racial policies. Biko thought to liberate the minds of Americans and was one of the founders of the Black Consciousness Movement in the late 1960s. Students were in the forefront of the Black Consciousness Movement and in 1968 they also founded the South American students’ organization which operated as a black group, separate from the white national union of South African students. Biko served as the black organization’ s first president. He also was important in starting other black groups. In 1972, a union of more than 70 black organizations established the Black People’ s Convention and Biko was named the honorary president. The South African Government initially tolerated the Black Consciousness Movement and some of the other black organizations, but it began cracking down on them in the early 1970s. Biko was banned from many activities in 1973 and arrested several times. In August 1977, Biko was arrested again and was severely beaten by the police while in prison. He died within a month of his arrest.