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Cecil Rhodes the Uncrowned King of Africa
The article portrays Cecil Rhodes as the uncrowned king of South Africa, detailing his rise from a cleric’s son born in 1853 to leading the De Beers Mining company and founding the British South Africa Company. It notes his wealth, control of diamond interests, royal charter, and decisive moves to establish a northward empire across Africa, with political and military maneuvering, alliances, and controversial methods.
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British South Africa Company
Cecil Rhodes
South Africa
Bulawayo
England
W. T. Stead
Rome
Cesar
Loyola
Bishop’s Stortford
Natal
Cecil
Orial College
Oxford
Africa
de Beers Mining Company
de Beers Company
Rhodes
Kimberley
Duke of Abercorn
Duke of Fife
Mashonaland
Parnell Parliamentary Fund
Mr. Rhodes
Cape House of Assembly
Cape
Bechuanaland
Gordon Sprigg
Lake Colony
Zambezi
Germany
Portugal
Orange Free State
South African Republic
South African Federation
Jameson
General Gordon
New York World