Throughout history, there have been many battles that have been forgotten. One such battle that the British would like to forget is the Battle of Isandlwana, which took place on Jan. 22, 1879, as part ...

Editor’s note: For those who are wondering about the retro title of this black-history series, please take a moment to learn about historian Joel A. Rogers, author of the 1934 book 100 Amazing Facts ...

Introduction : the stakes of war -- Grounds for aggression -- The Zulu polity and the ultimatum -- Opposing armies -- The Battle of Islandwana -- The Battle of Rorke's Drift -- Defeat on the coast and ...

Wearing ceremonial animal hides, bone necklaces and brandishing spears, the Zulu warriors prepared for battle against the British redcoats on Saturday in a re-enactment of one of the most humiliating ...

Michael Caine starred in Zulu 61 years ago, but massively struggled on the set of his first major film role, with the local ...

Johannesburg, the wealthiest city in Africa and home to more than 12,000 millionaires is about to become a ghost ...

FOR several reasons the Zulus were for long, to the British public, the typical and, notwithstanding the eccentricities of Bushmen and Hottentot, the best-known of the indigenous peoples of South ...

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