Rhodes Must Fall movement

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Rhodes_Must_Fall_movement
GPTKB entity
Statements (36)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf protest
gptkbp:beganIn 2015
gptkbp:countryOfOrigin gptkb:South_Africa
gptkbp:criticizedFor tactics
alleged erasure of history
gptkbp:focusesOn curriculum reform
colonial legacy
representation in academia
gptkbp:goal decolonization of education
ending institutional racism
removal of Cecil Rhodes statue
gptkbp:hashtag #RhodesMustFall
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Rhodes Must Fall movement
gptkbp:influenced university policies
decolonization debates
gptkbp:inspiredBy student activism
gptkbp:mediaCoverage international
gptkbp:notableEvent 9 April 2015
9 March 2015
removal of Cecil Rhodes statue at UCT
gptkbp:notableFigure gptkb:Chumani_Maxwele
gptkbp:opposedBy some university administration
some university alumni
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:University_of_Cape_Town
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Fees_Must_Fall_movement
gptkb:Black_Lives_Matter
gptkbp:spreadTo gptkb:University_of_Oxford
other universities
gptkbp:supports academics
activists
students
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Sir_Cecil_Rhodes
gptkb:University_of_Cape_Town
gptkb:Cecil_Rhodes_statue
gptkb:Cecil_Rhodes
gptkbp:bfsLayer 5