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William Kelleher Storey’s biography skirts the statues debate, but is clear-eyed about the magnate’s bitter legacy in southern Africa ...
Cecil Rhodes remains one of the most divisive figures in British history. Founder of the De Beers diamond company, he went on to establish one of the most prestigious international scholarship ...
If Cecil Rhodes was your specialist subject on Mastermind, William Kelleher Storey’s biography would supply the answer to ...
A statue of British imperialist Cecil Rhodes at Oxford University has drawn criticism for decades. Now some academics said they would refuse to teach at the college where the statue sits. By Elian ...
This is a brave and learned book. I would recommend it to anyone interested in the history of Africa; who has taken sides in ...
A Rhodes scholar urged his Oxford college to remove a portrait of an 18th-century duke because he felt it was “racist and dehumanising”, The Telegraph can reveal.
Muloongo Muchelemba, a 2002 Zambian Rhodes Scholar, said: "I don't see it as Cecil's money. This is wealth that was generated by my ancestors and therefore, it is my money.
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — With roots in the capital city, Cecil Rhodes said that in the time he left to go to culinary school in San Francisco, Sacramento started transforming before his eyes.
CECIL RHODES LEFT ABOUT $25,000,000; He Bequeathed More Than $5,000,000 to His Executors. Trustees Have Plenary Power -- American Committee to Act in Conjunction with English Body.