The Legacy of Empire: How To Reckon With The Past
Is removing statues and decolonising the curriculum the answer?
Is removing statues and decolonising the curriculum the answer?
A member of the first generation born after the end of colonial rule in Zimbabwe, Simukai Chigudu came to the UK as a teenager and later became one of the founding members of a campaign to try to get the statue of imperialist Cecil Rhodes moved from Oriel College in Oxford.
Now an associate professor of African politics at the University of Oxford, he鈥檚 written a memoir called Chasing Freedom: Coming of Age at the End of Empire.
In this episode he discusses the legacy of the Rhodes Must Fall campaign and whether countries like Britain should pay reparations for slavery.
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