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Created: 2025-07-21 08:06:42 UTC

The first university established specifically by and for Bantu people in southern Africa is widely recognized as the University of Fort Hare, founded in 1916 in Alice, Eastern Cape, South Africa. 

Before Fort Hare, higher learning among Bantu-speaking communities was mainly through mission or community schools, with no formal university structures existing prior to the 20th century.


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