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Cecil Rhodes

The statue of Cecil John Rhodes is bound by straps as it awaits removal from the University of Cape Town (UCT), April 9, 2015. UCT's Council voted on Wednesday to remove of the statue of the former Cape Colony governor, after protests by students

Statue of Rhodes Scholar founder booted from South Africa campus, to cheers

Global Politics

He was a British colonial hero. But to students of the University of Cape Town, the statue of Cecil Rhodes had to go.

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