Cecil Rhodes | The Rise of Rhodesia | 2

What happens when the nations that invented football start losing their grip on it? How does a team representing a country that doesn't officially exist end up touring the world and unnerving an empire? And why did thirty-one African nations refuse to play at all?Afua and Peter f ...  Show more

How did a game scribbled into rules by Victorian schoolboys end up watched by four billion people? Why do the countries that were colonised take such fierce joy in beating the ones that colonised them? And by the time Mussolini was watching from the stands, was the World Cup ever ...  Show more

In part one, Seretse Khama of Bechuanaland convinced his people to accept his white, British wife Ruth, only to discover that Britain and South Africa had other ideas. Now, these world powers are trying to prevent him from ever becoming king. But Seretse refuses to accept it. He’ ...  Show more

Mandela is sentenced to South Africa’s Alcatraz—but discovers unexpected ways to continue the struggle.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. 

The Darwins trick the police into thinking John’s dead and decide they need to flee the country.

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Robert Maxwell is dead. But how did he die? Was it suicide, an accident or even something more sinister? And will his children ever be able to overcome their toxic inheritance?Listen early and ad free with Wondery+. Join Wondery+ for exclusives, binges, early access, and ad free ...  Show more