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Jan 2024
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Cecil Rhodes | Must Rhodes Fall? | 4

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More than a century after Rhodes' death students in South Africa and Britain thrust his name back into the spotlight. Should statues of colonialists like him be torn down? And, in Africa, how is Rhodes' legacy felt today?

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