Review of ‘Rhodes Must Fall: the Struggle to Decolonize the Racist Heart of an Empire’

Excerpt: "The past several years have seen an explosion of activism ostensibly aimed at the removal of statues, namesakes, or other public memorials dedicated to racist historical figures. A catalyst for this recent wave was the #RhodesMustFall movement in South Africa, which mobilized around a statue of Cecil Rhodes at the University of Cape Town, and quickly went global."