The description of Fourah Bay College (FBC) as the “Athens of West Africa” has long been repeated as a badge of honor. Yet the phrase deserves closer scrutiny, not because Fourah Bay College lacks historical importance, but because the metaphor itself carries a heavy colonial genealogy . It is not an innocent compliment. Rather, it is an invention that shaped …
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