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The Athens of West Africa
Author | : Daniel J. Paracka, Jr. |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 333 |
Release | : 2004-03 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 9781135935993 |
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This book is about Fourah Bay College (FBC) and its role as an institution of higher learning in both its African and international context. The study traces the College's development through periods of missionary education (1816-1876), colonial education (1876-1938), and development education (1938-2001).
THE DECLINE AND FALL OF THE ATHENS OF WEST AFRICA
Author | : Akibo Robinson |
Publsiher | : Xlibris Corporation |
Total Pages | : 413 |
Release | : 2023-07-17 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781669876946 |
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The country owed its name to the Portuguese explorer, Petro da Cintra, who was the first European to sight and map the Freetown Habour. The original Portuguese name, Sierra Lyoa (Lion Mountains) describes the range of hills that surrounds the habour. The capital Freetown commands one of the world’s largest natural habours. The country is located on the coast of West Africa, bounded on the North and East by Guinea, on the East by Liberia, and on the West by the Atlantic Ocean. It has many miles of beautiful sandy beaches. The backbone of the economy is agriculture, but it is rich in minerals – diamonds, gold, bauxite, and rutile. The book traces the rich pre-colonial history of a people whose main occupations then were agriculture and trade. Communal life was highly regulated by chiefs, who presided over their subjects. These societies were governed by what is now called “customary laws”. The book also debunks the thinking that Pedro da Cintra discovered Sierra Leone; he was not even the first European to set foot in Sierra Leone. It traces exhaustively the exploitative rule of the British Colonial Administration until its independence on 27th April 1961. Sierra Leone is credited as being, the “Athens of West Africa”. How this came about is explained at length. How can a small country so far removed from Athens be credited as such? The primary reason was for its learning. The first University in sub-Saharan Africa was established in Sierra Leone, and it attracted students from all over the continent. Woven into this academic fabric, is the politico-socio-economic development from the founding of the state up to the present. It traces the turbulent times the country has been through: coups and countercoups, declaration of a one party state, a brutal 11-year civil war, and the bastardisation of the constitution by various regimes, since independence up to the present.
The Athens of West Africa
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Author | : Daniel J. Paracka |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 1048 |
Release | : 2001 |
Genre | : International education |
ISBN | : OCLC:52826877 |
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The Athens of West Africa
Author | : Daniel J. Paracka, Jr. |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 562 |
Release | : 2004-03-01 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 9781135935986 |
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This book is about Fourah Bay College (FBC) and its role as an institution of higher learning in both its African and international context. The study traces the College's development through periods of missionary education (1816-1876), colonial education (1876-1938), and development education (1938-2001).
A Dirty War in West Africa
Author | : Lansana Gberie |
Publsiher | : Indiana University Press |
Total Pages | : 246 |
Release | : 2005-12 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0253218551 |
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Since 1991, this West African nation has been brought to its knees by a series of coups, violent conflicts, and finally, outright war. The war has ended today, but it is clear that things are hardly settled. Focusing on the group spearheading the violence, the Revolutionary United Front (RUF), journalist Lansana Gberie exposes the corruption and appalling use of rape and mutilation as tactics to overthrow the former government. Gberie looks closely at the rise of the RUF and its ruthless leader, Foday Sankoh, as he seeks to understand the personalities and parties involved in the war.
An outline history of West Africa
Author | : F. G. Ogini |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 236 |
Release | : 1973 |
Genre | : Africa, West |
ISBN | : STANFORD:36105016337201 |
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Education in West Africa
Author | : Emefa Takyi-Amoako |
Publsiher | : Bloomsbury Publishing |
Total Pages | : 402 |
Release | : 2015-05-21 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 9781441177858 |
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Education in West Africa is a comprehensive critical reference guide to education in the region. Written by regional experts, the book explores the education systems of Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Chad, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo. It critically examines the development of education provision in each country, whilst exploring both local and global contexts. Including a comparative introduction to the issues facing education in the region as a whole, this handbook is an essential reference for researchers, scholars, international agencies and policy-makers at all levels.
Africans and Europeans in West Africa
Author | : Harvey M. Feinberg |
Publsiher | : American Philosophical Society |
Total Pages | : 250 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : Africa, West |
ISBN | : 0871697971 |
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