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Fourah Bay College
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Fourah Bay College |
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| Established | 1827 |
| Type | Public |
| Principal | Dr. V.E.H. Strasser-King |
| Students | 2,000 total |
| Location | Freetown, Sierra Leone |
| Campus | Freetown campus (urban) |
| Affiliations | University of Sierra Leone |
| Website | 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).
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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. Abioseh Nicol was the first Sierra Leonean administrator in 1966.
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.
- Faculty of Arts
- Faculty of Engineering
- Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences
- Faculty of Social Sciences and Law
- 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
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.