Equal rights for all civilized men south of the Zambesi. - Cecil John Rhodes

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Equal rights for all civilized men south of the Zambesi.

Cecil John Rhodes

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About Cecil John Rhodes

Cecil John Rhodes (5 July 1853 – 26 March 1902) was a British mining magnate and politician in southern Africa who served as Prime Minister of the Cape Colony from 1890 to 1896. He and his British South Africa Company founded the southern African territory of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe and Zambia), which the company named after him in 1895. In his last will, he provided for the establishment of the prestigious international Rhodes Scholarship at Oxford University, the oldest graduate scholarship in the world.

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Native Name: Cecil Rhodes

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