De Beers

citation de Paxman comprend elle-même une citation de Cecil Rhodes (figure emblématique de l’époque décrite). Complément d’information : Cecil Rhodes was an English-born South-African businessman (mining magnate, founder of the diamond company De Beers) who also became a very influent politician. As such, he was a staunch defender of British colonial imperialism and founded the State of Rhodesia, which was named after him. In his desire to expand the British Empire, he argued that the Anglo-Saxon