Africa University's own history and development page documents the 1984 call by Bishops Emilio J.M. Carvalho and Arthur F. Kulah for a pan African Methodist university, the General Conference's 1988 approval, the university's 1992 charter and first enrollment, and its 23 April 1994 formal opening.
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Africa University's own official institutional history page, tier 2, used here for the founding narrative and its own dating of the charter and first enrollment, corroborated by the United Methodist Church's own account below. NotesUsed for the 1984 episcopal call, the 1988 General Conference approval, and the university's 1992 first enrollment.
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PublisherAfrica University
URLhttps://africau.edu/about/history-development/
Source TypeInstitutional
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