Cape To Cairo

Cape To Cairo

Cape To Cairo may refer to:
* the Cape-Cairo railway
* the Cape to Cairo Road
* The book "Cape to Cairo - Rape of a Continent" by Mark Strage
* The 19th century concept of a British-dominated Africa, promoted by Cecil Rhodes


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