Chapter 3: Must Rhodes Fall?

How I landed in South Africa, in a time of student uprisings and unrests on campuses

(This statue of Cecil John Rhodes, on the campus of the University of Cape Town, was the target and symbol of students’ outrages and numerous protests.)

In early February of 2018, I land in hot and humid Pietermaritzburg. My first days in Kwazulu-Natal coincide with the sunset of Jacob Zuma’s era, and the general climate is infused with a popular wave of…