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#168

Redvers Buller Statue in Exeter, England

United Kingdom

By Jade •

Ongoing Status Quo Colonialism Statue #168

Following the 2020 Black Lives Matter Protests, the statue of General Redvers Buller was reviewed by the Exeter City Task Force and slated for removal. This was due to Bullers controversial historical role in the South African War (1899-1902). This decision to remove the statue received mixed reactions and spurred… Read More

Statue of General Redvers Buller, in it's previous ungraffitied state.
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A Reverse on Buller

How a Council Rescinded its Decision for Relocating a Statue

By Oliver Anthony • 26 February 2021

Colonialism Statue #168

There is a strange irony in Exeter City Council’s recent reversal of their decision to relocate a statue of nineteenth-century military leader, General Sir Redvers Buller; the man who had already earned himself the nickname ‘Reverse Buller’ for his garish military tactics and organisational failings. On January 12th, 2021, it… Read More