The continued invocation of “Athens of West Africa” in reference to Fourah Bay College is usually framed as a celebration of intellectual primacy: an institution of higher learning emerging at a moment when, it is claimed, there were no comparable centres in so‑called “black Africa.” Within celebratory institutional histories, the epithet functions as shorthand for academic excellence, civilisational achievement, and …
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