A History of the Zulu Rebellion 1906, and of Dinuzulu's arrest, Trial and Expatriation. With Five Maps, Six Plans and Twenty Five Illustrations.

Language: English

Published by London, Macmillan and Co. Ltd, 1913

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14.5 cm x 22.5 cm. Frontispiece, XVI, 581 pages. Large fold-out map sheet at rear, showing a Key Map of Natal and Area of Operations. Hardcover [publisher's original red cloth] with gilt lettering on spine. Gilt top edge. Very good condition with only minor signs of external wear. Minor foxing to edges and tissue-guards, as usual with this publication. Interior bright and clean besides very minor signs of foxing. Includes for example: State of Military Organization on the Outbreak of Rebellion / Zulu Military System and Connected Customs / Events and Conditions Antecedent to Outbreak of Hostilities - Murder of Hunt and Armstrong / Flight of Bambata to Nkandhla Forests - First Steps Taken to Cope With the Situation - Zulu Customs / Action at Mome Gorge / Action at Izinsimba - Concluding Operations -Disbandment - Courts-Martial - Cost of the Rebellion etc. The rising, called historically the Zulu Rebellion and now officially the Zulu Uprising of 1906, was the last major act of indigenous resistance to colonial rule in South Africa. In mid-1906, the Natal colonialist in the face of rising Zulu resentment against the imposition of a 'Poll Tax' unleashed one of the most brutal and bloody armed campaign to suppression the challenge to British colonial rule. The protest and subsequent armed rebellion against the tax has become popularly known as the Bambatha/Bambatha Rebellion after Chief Bambatha kaMancinza, head of the Zondi, a Zulu clan that lived in the Mpanza Valley in the Greytown district. Chief Bambatha, with the support of other chiefs in the area, refused to accept a new tax that was being implemented by the colonial administration. Together with a small group of supporters, he launched a series of attacks against the colonial forces, using the Nkandla Forest as a base. The campaign, later known as the Bambatha Rebellion, culminated in a pitched battle against the colonial forces at Mome Gorge, where Bambatha and his followers were finally defeated. (South African History Online - Towards a People's History) This book - a combination of history and an eye-witness account - is written by Stuart, a specialist in Zulu history and culture, who served as an intelligence officer during the campaign.…

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Title
A History of the Zulu Rebellion 1906, and of Dinuzulu's arrest, Trial and Expatriation. With Five Maps, Six Plans and Twenty Five Illustrations.
Author
Stuart, J.
Publisher
London, Macmillan and Co. Ltd
Publication year
1913
Condition
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Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
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