Farming

Farming, Fort Hare, and turing 30

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August 6th 2008
We began the day bright and early with a 6:30 departure for the Hewu Development Initiative which is a rural agriculture program sponsored by the University of Fort Hare. We learned how the University of Fort Hare is working with community members to establish economical and sustainable farming practices. We then visited the main campus of the University of Fort Hare which has the distinction of ... read more

Africa » South Africa » Eastern Cape » East London

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After the British seized the Cape of Good Hope area in 1806, many of the Dutch settlers (the Boers) trekked north to found their own republics. The discovery of diamonds (1867) and gold (1886) spurred wealth and immigration and intensified the subjug... ... read more