Rhodes Must Fall: The Struggle to Decolonise the Racist Heart of Empire

Notes

When students at Oxford University called for a statue of Cecil Rhodes to be removed, following similar calls by students in Cape Town, the significance of these protests was felt across continents. This was not simply about tearing down an outward symbol of British imperialism – a monument glorifying a colonial conqueror – but about confronting the toxic inheritance of the past, and challenging the continued underrepresentation of people of colour at universities.

Part of the Library of Performing Rights (P3041).

Artist / Author	Rhodes Must Fall Movement Oxford
Editor	Brian Kwoba, Rose Chantiluke, Athinangamso Nkopo
Publisher	Zed Books
ISBN	978-1786993908
Reference	P3620
Date	2018
Type	Publication

Keywords

activism black British Empire civil rights colonialism discrimination education England history human rights imperialism intersectionality politics protest race racism solidarity South Africa student UK university

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