Sierra Leone

Old Fourah Bay College Building

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The Old Fourah Bay College Building symbolizes the first institution of higher learning in modern sub-Saharan Africa. In the building from 1827, founded by English philanthropists, university education was provided to West Africans, as an alternative to studying overseas. It produced Christian clergymen and political leaders.
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Old Fourah Bay College Building (ID: 5744)
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First published: 30/11/18.

Michael Novins

Old Fourah Bay College Building

Old Fourah Bay College Building (On tentative list)

Old Fourah Bay College Building by Michael Novins

In November 2018, I visited Freetown, the capital of Sierra Leone, which as its name might reveal was established in the eighteenth century as a settlement for freed slaves. By the early nineteenth century Freetown had became a British Crown colony, and I tracked down several of the remaining colonial-era buildings, including the original building at Fourah Bay College, the oldest college in West Africa, just a short walk from the National Railway Museum. I made my arrangement with Bimbola Carrol at VSL Travel.

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