The Kingdom forged by Shaka was once one of the most powerful and sophisticated black states in Africa. It took the British at the height of their imperial power six...
A historical look at the Zulu nation portrays a politically sophisticated, administratively integrated, and militarily effective polity which was overthrown by the British Empire only because it was a pre-industrial society which lacked ...
But, as Adrian Greaves reveals, this was by no means the end of the story. The little known consequences of the division of Zululand, the Boer War, and the 1906 Zulu Rebellion are analyzed in fascinating detail.
A complete history of the mighty Zulu empire, which rose to power under Shaka & clashed in numerous battles with armies from Europe.
A gripping and vivid account of one of the British army's most famous battles
Filled with colorful characters, dramatic battles like Isandhlwana and Rorke's Drift, and an inexorable narrative momentum, this unsurpassed history details the sixty-year existence of the world's mightiest African empire—from its brutal ...
In this riveting new book, John Laband, pre-eminent historian of the Zulu Kingdom, tackles some of the questions that swirl around the assassination in 1828 of King Shaka, the celebrated founder of the Zulu Kingdom and war leader of ...
In Eight Zulu Kings, well-respected and widely published historian John Laband examines the reigns of the eight Zulu kings from 1816 to the present.
Fanny Kelly, a white captive who spent the better part of five months living with Sitting Bull and his family, ... Mrs. C. Weldon, a missionary to the Hunkpapas, reported that Sitting Bull “distrusted the innovations sought to be forced ...
Chaka is a genuine masterpiece that represents one of the earliest major contributions of black Africa to the corpus of modern world literature.