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The cartoon depicts British business magnate Cecil Rhodes as a giant straddling over Africa holding a telegraph line grounded at the northern and southern ends of the continent, a reference to his desire to build a "Cape to Cairo" rail and telegraph line connecting most of the British colonies in Africa. [1]
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The Rhodes Colossus: Caricature of Cecil John Rhodes, after he announced plans for a telegraph line and railway from Cape Town to Cairo. Under British control or influence, 1914 This map shows the chain of colonies from the Cape to Cairo through which the railway would run.
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A caricature presenting Rhodes's life goal "From Cape to Cairo" Rhodes of Africa is a 1936 British biographical film charting the life of Cecil Rhodes. It was directed by Berthold Viertel and starred Walter Huston, Oskar Homolka, Basil Sydney, and Bernard Lee. [1]
The statue of British colonialist Cecil John Rhodes was removed from South Africa's Cape Town University on April 9, 2015. - Schalk van Zuydam/AP
Cecil Rhodes, as The Rhodes Colossus, wishes for a railway stretching across Africa from the Cape of Good Hope to Egypt. A cartoon map of Europe in 1914, at the beginning of World War I. A political cartoon, also known as an editorial cartoon, is a cartoon graphic with caricatures of public figures
Protesters gathered in Oxford to demand the removal of a statue of Cecil Rhodes were addressed by a 12-year-old local girl, who said it should be torn down.Ella Johnson addressed the crowd ...