Rhodes must fall: Why colonial symbols are loathed in Africa
In an article originally published in 2015, Baffour Ankomah looks at the successful campaign to remove a statue of Cecil Rhodes from the University of Cape Town
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Rhodes statue “asking for trouble” – Ramphele
Veteran campaigner Mamphela Ramphele, who became South Africa’s first black university VC in 1996, defended her own record on transformation while at UCT – but said that the University should have anticipated the student outcry over #RhodesMustFall.