Like many of his contemporaries he thought of the English as the master race, he was an imperialist.............

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Like many of his contemporaries he thought of the English as the master race, he was an imperialist and successful entrepreneur and businessman who co-founded the De Beers Consolidated Mines diamond firm, and he was an enterprising politician. Who was he?

posted Mar 21, 2022 by Kuldeep Apte

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Cecil John Rhodes
He was at one time Prime Minister of the Cape Colony, or the Cape of Good Hope, and his influence in what is now Zambia and Zimbabwe led to the area being named Rhodesia.

answer Mar 22, 2022 by Tapesh Kulkarni

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