South Africa’s University of Cape Town removed a statue of British imperialist Cecil Rhodes on Thursday to cheers from students, a symbolic move that exposes persistent racial divides two decades after the end of apartheid.
The statue at the university, one of Africa’s top academic institutions, has been covered up for the past few weeks as both white and black students regularly marched past with #Rhodesmustfall placards calling for its removal.
They believe it is a symbol of the racism against blacks that prevails in South Africa two decades after the end of oppressive white-minority rule.
Spattered with graffiti, it was hoisted by …read more
Source: The Huffington Post
