/taxonomy/term/43 The taxonomy view with a depth of 0. en /counterpoints-september-2015-richard-black-cecil-rhodes <p><b>Author:</b>Richard Black</p><br />&quot;All the imperialisms of the age&quot; embodied in one man: Cecil Rhodes in 1900<br /><br />This past summer, many have been captivated by the sorry fate of Cecil the lion, shot by an American hunter in Zimbabwe. Others have been kept up at night by the memory of Cecil’s namesake: Cecil Rhodes, depicted by G.M. Young as a person in whom “all the imperialisms of the age seem to exist in a confused, inextricable embodiment”. <br /><p><a href="/counterpoints-september-2015-richard-black-cecil-rhodes"><span>read more</span></a></p> /counterpoints-september-2015-richard-black-cecil-rhodes#comments Counterpoints Africa Cecil Rhodes Colonialism Racism Wed, 26 Aug 2015 12:25:32 +0100 Oliver Wiseman 6207 at http://standpointmag.co.uk