Yunibesithi ya Fort Hare (UFH) e ne e le tsa yunibesithi bobedi ya Afrika Borwa le setheo se ba pele ba mona go re e fana ka thuto e phahameng go Maafrika. Yunibesithi e ne e le lebaka la sekolo thuto ya bolumeli o ileng ya thehoa qetellong ea lekholo la bo19 la lilemo sebakeng sena ke Scotland be legae la baromuoa James Stewart le mosadi o gae. Seafrikaans buang baagi e ne e tla ga morao go go ngata feela fumana yunibesithi ya gabo bona, e leng ya Yunibesithi ya Stellenbosch. Yunibesithi e ke ka Tyhume River a Alice ka Kapa Bohlabela le na le histori e ruileng. The sebakeng sa lekholong la bo19 la lilemo ka nako e telele ea etelang makala ntoa lintoeng tse robong khahlanong le Xhosa. E bile feela ka thoko British kolone (British Kafraria). Lipampitšana British la naga go ya Xhosa ba neng ba ikemiselitse go fana ka go loantša lehlakoreng la bona (amaFengu). Fort Hare boeena e ne e lona qalong e British qhobosheane le ba bang lithako ntse ba mo khamphaseng ya yunibesithi tse fumanegang.