UK colonialist Rhodes has fallen in his home town as museum changes its name
London, UKThomson Reuters Foundation A museum and art centre in the house where 19th century British colonialist Cecil Rhodes was born is changing its name after protests from anti-racism campaigners. The Rhodes Art Complex will become South Mill Arts on 24th August, following calls to stop glorifying an imperialist who annexed swathes of southern Africa […]
Find better ways to depict history, says South African #RhodesMustFall activist
Nairobi, KenyaThomson Reuters Foundation Countries must find more creative ways to depict their history than statues that glorify racists and colonialists, a founder of South Africa’s successful Rhodes Must Fall movement said on Thursday. A wave of anti-racism protests sweeping across the United States and Europe has reignited debate about monuments that glorify countries’ imperialist […]