University of Fort Hare

LC control no.	n 50066582
Descriptive conventions	rda
Corporate name heading	University of Fort Hare *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Fort Hare (South Africa). Universiteit Fort Hare, South Africa. University Fort Hare (South Africa). University of Fort Hare Fort Hare University UFH Universiteit van Fort Hare
See also	Predecessor: University College of Fort Hare *Browse this term in* LC Authorities
Beginning date	1970
Associated country	South Africa
Located	Fort Hare (South Africa) Alice (South Africa) East London (South Africa) Bhisho (South Africa)
Found in	Its Autonomy 1970, 1970. Lamprecht, J. A. Quo vadis--Fort Hare? p. 1, etc. (Fort Hare University; University of Fort Hare) World of learning, 1980/81 (University of Fort Hare) National plan for higher education, on Dept. of Education www site, Oct. 17, 2005 (The East London Campus of Rhodes University and the Medical School of the University of the Transkei were incorporated into the University of Fort Hare) University of Fort Hare website, viewed January 17, 2020: main page, footer (Alice, East London, and Bhisho campuses) History (the South African Native College, later the University of Fort Hare, was founded in 1916 on the site of the earlier British military stronghold; the college originated from the sometimes uneasy alliance between the new class of educated African Christians, supported by traditional Southern African leaders, and early 20th-century white liberals, many of them clergy; in 1959-60 the college was taken over by the National Party government, and it was transformed into an ethnic college for Xhosa speakers; in a parody of true academic maturity, Fort Hare became self-governing and "independent" in 1970; with creation of Ciskei in 1980, Fort Hare became the university of a microstate, a decline from its previous status as the greatest centre of black higher education in Southern and Eastern Africa; the apartheid-era administration was expelled in 1990; since 2004 the university has been incorporating a new campus in East London, formerly of Rhodes University, into UFH; Fort Hare being grown and reprofiled across the three campuses in Alice, Bhisho and East London)