CLEAN : South Africa: Controversial Rhodes statue boarded up

The speaker shares their experience as a Mandela Rhodes Foundation scholar, highlighting the partnership with the Rhodes Trust that enabled their studies. Despite acknowledging the benefits, they express the need to remove Rhodes' statue due to its controversial legacy. They discuss the potential positive use of Rhodes' funds, despite its origins, and call for Africa to remove misrepresentations while acknowledging that history remains unchanged.

What opportunities did the speaker mention they had as a result of being a scholar in 2014?

What is the speaker's opinion on the statue mentioned in the text?

How does the speaker feel about the concept of 'blood money' in relation to the funding received?

What does the speaker suggest should happen to representations that are not good?

In what way does the speaker believe history is affected by the removal of certain representations?