Two Counsel for Damnation – Olive Schreiner and Stanlake Samkange –face off against two Counsel for Salvation – Nelson Mandela andHarry Oppenheimer. The seven judges from Africa’s five sub-regionsand its North American, Caribbean and South American diasporasare also well-known figures: Ruth First, Wangari Maathai, BoutrosBoutros-Ghali, Patrice Lumumba, Taslim Elias, Maya Angelou andToussaint l’Ouverture. “Many people want Rhodes to fall, and his statue is definitively toppled by Adekeye Adebajo.” – Ken Barris, award-winning writer “[…] The Trial of Cecil John Rhodes can become the most powerful drama on all theatre stages of Africa […]”– John Kani