Who is being caricatured and what event is being depicted?
Answer: Cecil Rhodes (of Rhodes scholarship fame) and his plan to lay telegraph lines across Africa. Manix, Ashwin and Divya got both parts right while Arvind, Iam, Rajesh and an anon got the person right. Well done.
Answer: Cecil Rhodes (of Rhodes scholarship fame) and his plan to lay telegraph lines across Africa. Manix, Ashwin and Divya got both parts right while Arvind, Iam, Rajesh and an anon got the person right. Well done.
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Cairo to Capetown railroad by Cecil Rhodes.
Cecil F****** Rhodes' plan to connect Cairo and Cape Town telegraphically...
I don't understand why we continue to think that Rhodes scholars are awesome. Maybe the scholars don't know who Rhodes is?
Cecil Rhodes - The main British expansionist in Africa.
This Punch cartoon depicts the extent of British control in Africa
Cecil Rhodes, of his plans to have a telegraph line from Cairo to Capetown
Rhodes Colossus (Cecil Rhodes as Colossus of Rhodes)
Colonisation of Africa
Cecil Rhodes, Scramble for Africa.
David Livingstone and his 'discovery' of Africa.
de Lesseps and the Suez Canal
Caricature of Rhodes' announcement of a telegraph line from cape town to cairo.
I just read up about this guy, and he seems to be a monster! Here's a quote of his:
“We must find new lands from which we can easily obtain raw materials and at the same time exploit the cheap slave labor that is available from the natives of the colonies. The colonies would also provide a dumping ground for the surplus goods produced in our factories.”
And here's Mark Twain's quote about him :)
"I admire him, I frankly confess it; and when his time comes I shall buy a piece of the rope for a keepsake"
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