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Cecil Rhodes statue to be removed?
Topic Started: Apr 1 2015, 04:20 PM (413 Views)
CJ
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:south-africa: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-32131829 :south-africa:

Protesters in South Africa are calling for a statue of Cecil Rhodes, one of the most committed imperialists of the 19th Century, to be taken down. Why does he still inspire such strong feelings?

Cecil Rhodes's statue on the steps of the University of Cape Town has now been boarded up. The university will soon make a final decision on the statue's fate.

The students calling for its removal have already attacked it. The tag #RhodesMustFall has been tweeted many times.

Rhodes was an imperialist, businessman and politician who played a dominant role in southern Africa in the late 19th Century, driving the annexation of vast swathes of land.

He founded the De Beers diamond firm which until recently controlled the global trade. Scholarships allowing overseas students to come to Oxford University still bear his name. Many institutions, including Cape Town University itself, benefited from his largesse. Both Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) were named after him.

But in 2002, when the BBC conducted a poll on the 100 greatest Britons, Rhodes failed to make the list. That was despite it being the centenary of his death.



Since he's so unpopular with everyone in South Africa, I think the only sensible decision is to get rid of it. Time to get rid of the colonial symbols.
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Zero Revolution
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If they feel so strongly against having the statue there, it would make sense. Although, I'm sure hard work was put into making it to begin with, it would be sad to see that go to waste.
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CJ
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Yeah, that's true.

Although, I guess the same can be said of all the statues of crazy dictators that get pulled down once said dictators have gone!
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GrieferLord
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yeah, although russia seems to keep all of theirs lol
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CJ
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:P

Anyway, the statue has been removed in front of a celebrating crowd, and will be stored somewhere for safe keeping. Other statues of colonial-era leaders may follow:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-32236922
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GrieferLord
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they could perhaps be stored in or displayed in museums for educational purposes? or just get "lost" in them lol.
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CJ
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That is probably the only use that they have for it now. Unless they want to use it as a dust-gatherer, whatever they want to use the dust for :P .
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this is true, it might make a good dust gathering item! still it does seem a shame just to store it.
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