Michael Ledger-Lomas: Wriggling, Wriggling: Ruthless Cecil Rhodes
Cecil Rhodes viewed the 'native question' differently from imperial officials and missionaries.
The frontispiece of Olive Schreiner's novel Trooper Peter Halket of Mashonaland (1897) depicts a disturbing scene: three dead African men hanging from a tree, with Englishmen enjoying the spectacle.
It is hard to look at the frontispiece of the first edition of Olive Schreiner’s short novel Trooper Peter Halket of Mashonaland (1897).
The photograph was found by Samuel Cronwright, Schreiner's husband, in a barber shop in Kimberley, and was taken during the Ndebele rebellion against the British South Africa Company.
Author's summary: Cecil Rhodes' ruthless views on the native question.