The historic Annie Walsh Memorial School held its march past on Sunday 17 March to climax celebrations marking its 175th anniversary. Controversy had surrounded the enforcement of a dress code for old girls who wished to attend the occasion. Dr Hussainatu Abdullah, an old girl who attended the school in the 1970s, disagrees with the measures. Happy 175th birthday to the Annie
At the end of 2023, the Hawke’s Bay Museum’s Trust was successful in acquiring, through auction, a small oak-framed painting by well-known colonial artist.
The report in ‘Hindu Patriot’ underscored the global impact of Nil Darpan, a play written in Bangla depicting the plight of indigo cultivators and the upsurge across Bengal against East India Company officials.
By Asmieu Bah They were under no illusion when in 1814 the Christian Missionary Society established a Christian institution in the Village of Leicester which later became Fourah Bay College in 1827. The Christian Missionary Society established the first institution of higher learning in Sub Saharan Africa. Fourah Bay College as it was later called became a centre of academia