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The University of Fort Hare (Afrikaans: Universiteit van Fort Hare) is a public university in Alice, Eastern Cape, South Africa. It was a key institution of higher education for Africans from 1916 to 1959 when it offered a Western-style academic education to students from across sub-Saharan Africa , creating an African elite.
University status Undergrad Postgrad Total Location(s) Medium University of Cape Town: Ikeys / UCT 1 October 1829 [6] 2 April 1918 [6] 18,421 10,653 29,074 Cape Town: Eng University of Fort Hare: UFH / Blues 1916 [7] 9,074 2,000 11,074 Alice, East London, Bhisho: Eng University of the Free State: Kovsies / UFS 28 January 1904 [8] 1950 [9 ...
The University of Fort Hare began in early 1847 as a fort built to house British troops. The same fort was converted in 1916 into a black university institution. Many of the current political leaders in South Africa were educated at the University of Fort Hare. It is also the alma mater of former president Nelson Mandela.
The University of the Transkei was established in the homeland of that name in 1976, initially as a branch of the University of Fort Hare at the request of the homeland government. The Border Technikon and Eastern Cape Technikon were established in the late 1980s and early 1990s. [2]
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Rhodes University was inaugurated on 10 March 1951. Sir Basil Schonland, son of Selmar Schonland, became the first chancellor of his alma mater, and Dr. Thomas Alty the first vice-chancellor. In terms of the Rhodes University Private Act, the University College of Fort Hare was affiliated to Rhodes University.
On his release from the trial in late 1958, he returned to Fort Hare, but resigned his post in protest against the passing of legislation that reduced the university to an ethnic college for the Xhosa community only. In 1961, he moved to Geneva to become secretary of the Africa division of the World Council of Churches.