During the 1800's Cecil Rhodes of England seized an opportunity to exploit a weak, disorganized, and sparsely populated, Southern Africa. He established ruthless control by setting up a government beneficial to himself, and enjoying enormous profits through diamond mining. To people today this act may seem like robbery. Taking diamonds from local inhabitants and dominating the native people's homeland seems morally wrong. Yet this idea was not at all held by imperial Europe. Many European …
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…some time. It never occurred to him that self-governing should include natives because he believed in using the natives as work force for his diamond mines. Cecil Rhodes left a great legacy behind, he formed his own country, achieved total control of South Africa, and he monopolized the diamond business. All these achievements could be viewed as robbery of a country; nevertheless Cecil Rhodes had a huge impact on a nation that will last forever.