Statues of slave traders, mass murderers, and other colonialists have been toppled by protesters or removed by governments in recent weeks following the reenergised Black Lives Matter movement, which has spread across the world. On Wednesday, Oxford University’s Oriel College voted in favour of removing its statue of the Victorian imperialist Cecil Rhodes and is to set up an independent inquiry into the key issues around it following a student-led campaign that began four years ago. In response to the the latest developments, Historian David Olusoga looks at the significance of these statues and impact they have had on the victims of the European empire and their descendants
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