FOURAH BAY COLLEGE

'Fourah Bay College' (founded in 1827 as the first western-style university in West Africa) is a university in Fourah Bay, Freetown, Sierra Leone under the banner of the University of Sierra Leone (from 1966 to 2005) and formerly affiliated with Durham University (from 1876 - 1967).

Contents

History

Notable alumni

Fourah Bay College today

Current faculties

Current institutes

National Archives

External links

History

Established in 1827 as an Anglican missionary school (by the Church Missionary Society), Fourah Bay College soon became a magnet for the patriated former slaves and other Africans seeking higher education under the British Empire, 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 a homage to the college. Lamina Sankoh was a prominent early academic. Abioseh Nicol was the first Sierra Leonean administrator in 1966.

Notable alumni

★ Alexander Babatunde Akinyele

★ Kojo Botsio

★ Samuel Ajayi Crowther

★ J. E. Casely Hayford

★ John Karefa-Smart

★ Sam Mbakwe

Fourah Bay College today

As of 1998/1999, the student enrollment was around 2,000 in four faculties and five institutes. It had consistently expanded the 10 years previous.

Current faculties

★ Faculty of Arts

★ Faculty of Engineering

★ Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences

★ Faculty of Social Sciences and Law

Current institutes

★ Institute of Adult Education and Extra-Mural Studies

★ Institute of African Studies

★ Institute of Marine Biology and Oceanography

★ Institute of Population Studies

★ Institute of Library and Archive Studies and Mass Communications

National Archives

The Sierra Leone Public Archives are located at Fourah Bay college, the national archivist is Albert Moore and the honorary government archivist is Prof. Akintola J.G Wyse.

External links

★ Sierra Leone Encyclopedia 2006 - Fourah Bay College

★ Official web-site of Fourah Bay College - note this site has malware i.e. drivecleener on some pages e.g. fees page - so be careful.