The Boer Invasion of the Zulu Kingdom 1837-1840 by John Laband
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ISBN: 9781776192700
Publisher: Jonathan Ball Publishers SA, 03 February 2023
Material: Paperback, 392 pages
The invasion in 1837 of the Zulu kingdom by Boers migrating from the British Cape Colony, and the massacres, battles and civil war that ensued between 1838–1840 as the Zulu resisted the settlers with spear against musket, was a critical moment in South African history. Changing perceptions in a post-colonial world require the reassessment of wars of colonial aggression, but there is no book in English that engages with the war between the Boers and Zulu in its entire context or takes the Zulu evidence into proper account. This work attempts to do so.