Rhodes Must Fall
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title:
Rhodes Must Fall
text:
Rhodes Must Fall was a protest movement that began on 9 March 2015, originally directed against a statue at the University of Cape Town (UCT) that commemorates Cecil Rhodes. The campaign for the statue's removal received global attention and led to a wider movement to "decolonise" education across South Africa. On 9 April 2015, following a UCT Council vote the previous night, the statue was removed. Rhodes Must Fall captured national headlines throughout 2015 and sharply divided public opinion i
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Anti-apartheid protest movement regarding statues at the University of Cape Town in South Africa
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhodes_Must_Fall
date created:
2015-04-04T16:56:58Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T13:15:59Z
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