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This poster is held in the South African Anti-Apartheid archives of Mark Kane. Kane was involved in the Anti-Apartheid Movement first through his work with the American Friends Service Committee in West Michigan and later with the Institute for Global Education.<br/><br/> What is instructive about the poster is that it addresses the larger African Freedom struggle in both South Africa and Zimbabwe, linking it with the parallel struggle in the United States.
Cecil John Rhodes (5 July 1853 – 26 March 1902) was an English-born South African businessman, mining magnate, and politician. He was the founder of the diamond company De Beers, which today markets 40% of the world's rough diamonds and at one time marketed 90%.<br/><br/> An ardent believer in British colonialism, he was the founder of the state of Rhodesia, which was named after him. In 1964, Northern Rhodesia became the independent state of Zambia and Southern Rhodesia was thereafter known simply as Rhodesia. In 1980, Rhodesia, which had been de-facto independent since 1965, became independent from Britain and was renamed Zimbabwe.<br/><br/> Rhodes represents the high water mark of British colonialism and the 'Scramble for Africa'.