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Join the BBC’s Owen Bennett Jones and his guests for a debate to be broadcast on BBC World Service radio.

Across the world student bodies have been have been asking universities to distance themselves from historical symbols of oppression. Here in Oxford, the protests took the form of the ‘Rhodes Must Fall’ campaign, which began in South Africa and which targeted statues of Cecil Rhodes, an undoubted champion of Empire. How representative are these protests of current sentiments in Britain and its former colonies? How should Britain acknowledge this part of its identity? Should it apologise and pay reparations, or embrace its history with pride?

This episode of Newshour Extra will be broadcast on Friday 8 April. More details at bbcworldservice.com/newshourextra. This event will last two hours. Tickets are free but must be booked through the festival box office.

There will be a standby queue on the day for any unfilled seats at this event.