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free trial. Terms and conditions apply. The Guardian Archive Longree. Hello, my name is Simukai Chigulu. I'm an associate professor of African politics at the University of Oxford.

I'm the author of the peace.

Colonialism had never really ended.

My life in the shadow of Cecil Rhodes.

Published in January 2021.

In writing this piece, I wanted to situate the statue of the controversial

colonialist Cecil Rhodes in both a wider historical frame to let the reader know who Rhodes actually was, what he was trying to achieve in southern Africa, and how he sought to cement his legacy in a statue and through bequests to the University of Oxford.

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