Type Public Students 3,465 total | Established February 18, 1827 [1] Founded 18 February 1827 | |
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Location PO Box 87 Mount Aureol, Freetown, Sierra Leone Campus Freetown campus (urban) Affiliations University of Sierra Leone Address Barham Road, Southern Central, 00232,, Freetown, Sierra Leone Undergraduate tuition and fees 120,000 SLL (1999), International tuition: 2,650 USD (1999) Notable alumni Samuel Ajayi Crowther, Milton Margai, Ernest Bai Koroma, J E Casely Hayford, Sia Koroma Similar Njala University, Milton Margai College o, University of Makeni, Eastern Polytechnic, University of Liberia | ||
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Fourah Bay College is a public university in the neighborhood of Mount Aureol in Freetown, Sierra Leone. Founded on 18 February 1827, is the oldest university in West Africa and the first western-style university built in West Africa.[2] It is a constituent college of the University of Sierra Leone (USL) and was formerly affiliated with Durham University (1876-1967).
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Foundation
The college was established in February 1827 as an Anglican missionary school by the Church Missionary Society with support from Charles MacCarthy, the governor of Sierra Leone. Samuel Ajayi Crowther was the first student to enroll at Fouray Bay. Fourah Bay College soon became a magnet for Krio and other Africans seeking higher education in British West Africa. These included Nigerians, Ghanaians, Ivorians and many more, especially in the fields of theology and education. It was the first western-style university in West Africa. Under colonialism, Freetown was known as the "Athens of Africa" as an homage to the college.
The first black principal of the university was an African-American missionary, Reverend Edward Jones from South Carolina in the United States. Lamina Sankoh was a prominent early academic; Francis Heiser was principal from 1920 to 1922. Abioseh Nicol was the first Sierra Leonean administrator in 1966.
Faculties
Institute of African Studies
Work began on the building of the Institute of African Studies in 1966 with half the £40,000 being provided by the UK Technical Assistance Programme. The first Director was Michael Crowder with J. G. Edowu-Hyde as secretary. The journal Sierra Leone Studies was also relaunched at this time.
Students
As of 1998/1999, the student enrollment was around 2,000 in four faculties and five institutes. It had consistently expanded in the 10 previous years.
Notable alumni
See also Category:Fourah Bay College alumni