Nyatsime College

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Nyatsime College in Harara Province, Zimbabwe is the country's first technical college specifically for African students. It opened in 1962, as the brainchild of educator and activist Stanlake J. W. T. Samkange, in what was then Southern Rhodesia. At the time no such school for African students existed, and Samkange had started fundraising for the school in 1951 already. [1]

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The school, designed to be run by African administrators and faculty for African students, was modelled on Tuskegee University in Alabama, USA; the opening dedication was attended by Luther H. Foster Jr., then Tuskegee's president. [2]

Controversy

In Nov 2019, Cops investigated reports of sexual abuse cases filed by the students against the college staff. [3] [4]

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References

  1. West, Michael Oliver (2002). The Rise of an African Middle Class: Colonial Zimbabwe, 1898-1965. Indiana University Press. pp. 57–58. ISBN   9780253215246.
  2. "Americans Give Television Set to College in Salisbury". Department of State News Letter. United States Department of State. April 1963. p. 33.
  3. Maphosa, Victor (2019-11-28). "Zimbabwe: Police Probe Nyatsime College". allAfrica.com. Retrieved 2021-04-21.
  4. Nov 26; Latest, 2019 | Zim (2019-11-25). "Nyatsime College female students turned into sex slaves? Leaked report". ZIM NEWS | Zimbabwe Latest News Headlines Today, Breaking Top Stories Live Now. Retrieved 2021-04-21.