University of Sierra Leone

De University of Sierra Leone be de name of de former unitary public university system insyd Sierra Leone. Dem establish am insyd February 1827, ebe de oldest university insyd Africa."Best universities in Africa". Times Higher Education (THE). 2020-10-01. Retrieved 2020-12-14. 

As of May 2005, na dem reconstitute de University of Sierra Leone into de individual colleges of Fourah Bay College den Njala University college.

 History 

De university get ein origins insyd de Fourah Bay College, wich na dem establish as Anglican missionary school by de Church Missionary Society plus support from Charles MacCarthy, de governor of Sierra Leone. Na Samuel Ajayi Crowther be de first student make dem enroll for Fouray Bay.Kopytoff, Jean Herskovits. A Preface to Modern Nigeria: The "Sierra Leonians" in Yoruba, 1830–1890. University of Wisconsin Press. p. 35. Fourah Bay College soon cam turn magnet for Krio den oda Africans wey dey seek higher education insyd British West Africa. Dese include Nigerians, Ghanaians, Ivorians, den many more, especially insyd de fields of theology den education. Na ebe de first western-style university insyd West Africa. Under colonialism, na dem know Freetown as "de Athens of West Africa" as homage to de college.Paracka Jr., Daniel J. (March 2004). The Athens of West Africa: A History of International Education at Fourah Bay College, Freetown, Sierra Leone. p. Introduction. ISBN 9781135935993.

 References 
Category:University of Sierra Leone
Category:Educational institutions dem establish insyd 1827
Category:Universities den colleges insyd Sierra Leone
Category:1827 establishments insyd Africa
Category:Education insyd Freetown

 External links 

 Official University of Sierra Leone website