Focus on The Rhodes Colossus and explore the Influence.
The cartoon quickly became widely referenced in historical texts as an illustrated representation of the Scramble for Africa, and the New Imperialism era as a whole. The original context of a proposed telegraph line is rarely mentioned in such reproductions, which take the "Cape to Cairo" concept more generally.In Adam Hochschild's King Leopold’s Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism, in Colonial Africa, Rhodes is introduced as the "future South African politician and diamond magnate" who claimed he "would annex the planets" if he could. The South African cartoonist Jonathan Shapiro parodied the cartoon in a 2009 work by placing Chinese premier Wen Jiabao in place of Rhodes holding up Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, the-then Minister of International Relations and Cooperation (as a marionette) while the Dalai Lama looks on from Asia. The cartoon satirized Sino-African relations in general, and recent China–South Africa relations in particular, after the Dalai Lama was denied a visa to attend an international peace conference in Johannesburg, a move that was perceived to be the result of Chinese diplomatic pressure.In 2013, political cartoonist Martin Rowson referenced Sambourne's cartoon in an satirical illustration published on 1 February in The Guardian on British Prime Minister David Cameron's policies regarding Algeria and the French intervention in Mali.
Dalai Lama Chinese premier Wen Jiabao Sino-African relations Jonathan Shapiro Scramble for Africa Martin Rowson Mali Adam Hochschild French intervention Minister of International Relations and Cooperation Cairo diamond magnate South Africa Cape to Cairo Asia satirical New Imperialism King Leopold’s Ghost: A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism, in Colonial Africa Johannesburg China–South Africa relations David Cameron Algeria The Guardian British Prime Minister marionette Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma