University of Fort Hare

De University of Fort Hare (Afrikaans:Universiteit van Fort Hare) be public university insyd Alice, Eastern Cape, South Africa.

Na ebe key institution of higher education give Africans from 1916 to 1959 wen na edey offer Western-style academic education to students from across sub-Saharan Africa, wey dey create African elite. Na Fort Hare alumni be part of chaw subsequent independence movements den governments of newly independent African countries."CHE | Council on Higher Education | Regulatory body for Higher Education in South Africa | Education | Innovation | University | South Africa". che.ac.za. Archived from the original on 24 May 2020. Retrieved 25 May 2020."University of Fort Hare | National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS)". nihss.ac.za. Archived from the original on 14 August 2017. Retrieved 25 May 2020.

Insyd 1959, na dem subsum de university by de apartheid system, buh ebe now part of South Africa ein post-apartheid public higher education system. Ebe de alma mater of well-known people wey dey include Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu, Robert Sobukwe, Oliver Tambo, den odas.

 History 

Originally, na Fort Hare be British fort insyd de wars between British settlers den de Xhosa of de 19th century. Sam of de ruins of de fort be still visible today, as well as graves of sam of de British soldiers wey die while for duty der.

During de 1830s, de na dem build de Lovedale Missionary Institute near Fort Hare.Maaba, Brown Bavusile (2001). "The Archives of the Pan Africanist Congress and the Black Consciousness-Orientated Movements". History in Africa. 28: 417–438. doi:10.2307/3172227. JSTOR 3172227. S2CID 145241623. James Stewart, one of ein missionary principals, suggest insyd 1878 dat dem dey hia make dem create institution for higher education of black students. However, he no live make he see ein idea put into operation wen, insyd 1916, na dem establish Fort Hare plus Alexander Kerr as ein first principal. Na D. D. T. Jabavu be ein first black staff member wey lecture insyd Latin den African languages. For accord plus ein Christian principles, na fees be low wey dem heavily subsidise am. Na several scholarships sanso be available give indigent students.

Fort Hare get chaw associations over de years before e cam turn university for ein own right insyd. Na dem initially dey bell am de South African Native College anaa Fort Hare Native CollegeBank, Andrew; Swana, Vuyiswa (2013), Bank, Andrew; Bank, Leslie J. (eds.), "'Speaking from Inside': Archie Mafeje, Monica Wilson and the Co-Production ofLanga: A Study of Social Groups in an African Township", Inside African Anthropology: Monica Wilson and her Interpreters, The International African Library, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, ISBN 978-1-139-33363-4, archived from the original on 12 June 2018, retrieved 28 December 2022 wey edey attach to de University of South Africa. E then cam turn de University College of Fort Hare wey dey associate plus Rhodes University. Plus de introduction of apartheid, na dem strictly segregate higher educational institutions insyd South Africa along racial lines; blacks previously go to class plus Indians, coloureds den few white students. From 1953 de school cam turn part of de Bantu education system, den plus de passage of de Promotion of Bantu Self Government Act insyd 1959, na dem nationalize am den segregate am along racial den tribal lines, wey na dem encourage dey teach insyd African languages rather dan English.Freedman, Samuel G. (27 December 2013). "Mission Schools Opened World to Africans, but Left an Ambiguous Legacy". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 19 June 2024. Fort Hare cam turn black university for ein own right insyd 1970, strictly controll by de state government.

Na ebe key institution insyd higher education give black Africans from 1916 go 1959. Na edey offer Western-style academic education to students from across sub-Saharan Africa, wey dey create black African elite. Na Fort Hare alumni be part of chaw subsequent independence movements den governments of newly independent African countries. Amongst those wey study for Fort Hare wey later cam turn leaders of dema countries be Kenneth Kaunda, Seretse Khama, Yusuf Lule, Julius Nyerere, Robert Mugabe den Joshua Nkomo.

 University 
De university ein main campus dey locate insyd Alice near de Tyhume River. E dey insyd de Eastern Cape Province about 50 km west of King William's Town, insyd region wey for while na dem know am as de "independent" state of Ciskei. Insyd 2011, de Alice campus get sam 6,400 students. Second campus for de Eastern Cape provincial capital of Bhisho na dem build insyd 1990 wey dey host few hundred students, while de campus insyd East London, dem acquire thru incorporation insyd 2004, get sam 4,300 students.

De university get five faculties (Education, Law, Management & Commerce, Science & Agriculture, Social Sciences & Humanities) all of wich dey offer qualifications up to de doctoral level.

 Notable alumni 
NameDoB - DoDNotesDr. Maurice Robert Joseph Peters23 July 1899 - 31 August 1959First South African Indian Medical Doctor, graduate MBChB from de University of Edinburgh in 1926.Milner Langa Kabane18 June 1900 – 1945Educator, First Native Principal at Lovedale College, South African Politician, S.A. Bill of Rights pioneer: 1943.Republic of South Africa, The Presidency, National Orders Booklet, 2017.Africans Claims in South Africa, Alfred Bathini Xuma, 1943African Native College Calendar, Thirteenth year, 1928. Fort Hare, Alice.Z. K. Matthews20 October 1901 – 11 May 1968Lecture for Fort Hare from 1936 to 1959Archibald Campbell Jordan30 October 1906 – 20 October 1968Novelist, pioneer of African studiesGovan Mbeki9 July 1910 – 30 August 2001South African politicianYusuf Lule10 April 1912 – 21 January 1985Interim presido of Uganda 1979Cedric Phatudi27 May 1912 – 7 October 1987Former Chief Minister of Lebowa 1972–1987Kaiser Matanzima15 June 1915 – 15 June 2003President of bantustan TranskeiMary Malahlela2 May 1916 – 8 May 1981First female black doctor insyd South AfricaOliver Tambo27 October 1917 – 24 April 1993African National Congress activist, dem expel am while doing ein second degreeNelson Mandela18 July 1918 – 5 December 2013Former Presido of South Africa; dem expel am wey later he attend de University of the Witwatersrand buh he no graduateCharles Njonjo23 January 1920 –2 January 2022"Sir Charles Njonjo dead at 101". Nation. 2 January 2022. Archived from the original on 2 January 2022. Retrieved 2 January 2022.Former Attorney General of Kenya den Former Minister of Justice in KenyaLionel Ngakane17 July 1920 – 26 November 2003South African film makerSeretse Khama1 July 1921 – 13 July 1980First Presido of BotswanaJulius Nyerere19 July 1922 – 14 October 1999First Presido of TanzaniaHerbert Chitepo15 June 1923 – 18 March 1975ZANU leaderRobert Mugabe21 February 1924 – 6 September 2019Former Presido of Zimbabwe, he attend 1949–1951Kenneth Kaunda28 April 1924 – 17 June 2021First Presido of ZambiaCan Themba21 June 1924 – 1968South African writer den one of de "Drum Boys" wey job for Drum (magazine give urban black peopleRobert Sobukwe5 December 1924 – 27 February 1978Founder of de Pan Africanist CongressAlfred Nzo19 June 1925 – 13 January 2000South African politicianMunyua Waiyaki12 December 1926 – 26 April 2017former Kenyan Minister for Foreign AffairsAllan Hendrickse22 October 1927 – 16 March 2005Politician, preacher, den teacherMangosuthu Buthelezi27 August 1928 – 9 September 2023Leader of de Inkatha Freedom Party, neva graduate buh he transfer go University of Natal. Leader of KwaZulu Bantustan insyd apartheid South AfricaLeepile Moshweu Taunyane14 December 1928 – 30 October 2013Life Presido of Premier Soccer League, Presido of de South African Professional Educators UnionDesmond Tutu7 October 1931 – 26 December 2021Archbishop Emeritus, South African peace activist, Chaplain for Fort Hare insyd 1967–1969."The Nobel Peace Prize 1984". Archived from the original on 11 September 2019. Retrieved 27 November 2019.Frank Mdlalose29 November 1931 – 4 April 2021First Premier of KwaZulu-NatalFabian Defu Ribeiro19 June 1933 – 1 December 1986South African doctor den anti-apartheid activistIvy Matsepe-Casaburri18 September 1937 – 6 April 2009Minister of Communications, South AfricaManto Tshabalala-Msimang9 October 1940 – 16 December 2009Minister of Health of South AfricaChris Hani28 June 1942 – 10 April 1993Leader of de South African Communist Party - Dem expel am, later graduate for Rhodes UniversityWiseman Nkuhlu5 February 1944 –economic advisor to former Presido Thabo Mbeki, Head of NEPADMakhenkesi Arnold Stofile27 December 1944 – 15 August 2016former Minister of Sport of South AfricaSam Nolutshungu15 April 1945 – 12 August 1997South African scholarNyameko Barney Pityana7 August 1945 –lawyer den theologian, former Vice-Chancellor of de University of South AfricaSabelo Phama31 March 1949 – 9 February 1994South African politician den Secretary of Defense insyd de Pan African CongressBulelani Ngcuka2 May 1954 –South Africa ein former Director of Public ProsecutionsLoyiso Nongxa22 October 1954 –Vice-Chancellor of de University of the WitwatersrandThandi Ndlovu1954/1955 - 24 January 2019South African medical doctor den businesswomanJoseph Diescho10 April 1955 –Namibian novelistJohn Hlophe1 January 1959 –Judge Presido of de Cape Provincial Division of de High CourtZara Thruster15 July 1977 –Patenting nerve regeneration compound "18-MĆ" dem extract from de root of de Alepidea amatymbica plantDr. Mgwebi Snail12 October 1952 –South African Historian, Politician Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC) den AuthorWandile Sihlobo16 October 1990South African Agricultural Economist den Government Rural Development AdvisorArchie Mafeje30 March 1936–28 March 2007Anthropologist den activist wey na he involve insyd de Mafeje Affair

 References 

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