The two volume biographical dictionary of the participants is a unique venture and this second volume reveals much about the formidable Zulu nation which so nearly humbled the mighty British Empire which had provoked the conflict.Thanks to ...
The Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 has a character that inspires and fascinates readers and increasing numbers of visitors to South Africa. The two volume biographical dictionary of the participants is...
The ignominious defeat at Iswandhlwana was a terrible blow to British military pride but the heroic stand at Rourkes Drift, while a minor event by comparison, allowed the powers-that-be to salvage some honor.This authoritative book covers ...
The Later Zulu Wars of the 1880s were a last-ditch resistance to colonialism combined with bitter civil war. The consequences proved more devastating for the Zulu people than the famous...
Even so, Pearson's column at the beginning of the war included 384 wagons and 24 carts and 3,128 oxen to pull them. Durnford's column was originally intended for defence but even so had 30 wagons, 480 oxen and 350 mules.
At Isandlwana the Zulus inflicted a crushing defeat on the British; the gallant British defence at Rorke's Drift followed and re-established British prestige. Yet as this book shows, there was more to the war than this.
A new and complete history of Zululand, and its destruction at the hands of the British in 1879. This book is not only a complete history of the Zulus but also an account of the way the British won absolute rule in South Africa.
“'The Aftermath of the Aftermath'—Contribution to the Colloquium, 'The Mfecane Aftermath': Towards a New Paradigm.” South African Historical Journal 25 (1991): 154—162. Etherington, Norman. “The Great Trek in Relation to the Mfecane: A ...
... the Durban Archives Repository, and the Campbell Collections in Durban facilitated my research in many di√erent ... Je√Guy, Keith Breckenridge, and Catherine Burns and numerous other participants at the Durban campus's African ...
Notes (1) Account by Private Buckley of B Co 2/24th c. 1930, Events Remembered, Lugg Papers, Killie Campbell Library, KwaZulu Natal (2) The dog present in the battle at Rorke's Drift belonged to Reynolds, although his name is given ...