Two sides of the pan
Brits and Uncle Sam During the scramble for Africa, one individual that stood out is the Brit Cecil Rhodes. His ambition of a "Cape to Cairo" railroad link which would potentially connect all the British colones within Africa was only one of many schemes that he came up to patronize the "British Race" as superior beings among all of the world. This political cartoon drawn by Edward L. Sambourne was published in the "Punch" magazine right after Cecil Rhodes announced a plan to extend a telegraph line from Cape Town to Cairo. The title of the cartoon is "striding from cape town to Cairo", which implies Rhodes plan of connecting all British colonies in Africa in simple steps. Two strings appear to be connected to Rhodes's hands , one each from the top and bottom of Africa; this signifies Rhodes's idea of one telegraph line that could connect all Brits in Africa. Rhodes is depicted as a gigantic figure taking inspiration from the ...