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The Transvaal Rebellion
The First Boer War, 1880-1881
Av John Laband
Häftad, 2005
650 kr
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This book takes a unique look at the first Boer war by concentrating on the events and battles of the First Boer War. Due attention is also given to the 2nd Boer War - it's origins, key players and significance for the future of South Africa. The personal stories of heroism and sacrifice, sieges, …
Land Wars
The Dispossession of the Khoisan and AmaXhosa in the Cape Colony
Av John Laband
E-bok, 2020
191 kr
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Perhaps the most explosive issue in South Africa today is the question of land ownership. The central theme in this country’s colonial history is the dispossession of indigenous African societies by white settlers, and current calls for land restitution are based on this loss. Yet popular knowledge …
Daily Lives of Civilians in Wartime Africa
From Slavery Days to Rwandan Genocide
Av John Paul Clow Laband Ph.D., John Laband
Inbunden, 2006
877 kr
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In most accounts of warfare, civilians suffer cruelties and make sacrifices silently and anonymously. This volume details the dismal impact war has had on the African people over the past five hundred years, from slavery days, the Zulu War, World Wars I and II, to the horrific civil wars following …
Historical Dictionary of the Zulu Wars
Av John Laband
E-bok, 2009
1839 kr
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Between 1838 and 1888 the recently formed Zulu kingdom in southeastern Africa was directly challenged by the incursion of Boer pioneers aggressively seeking new lands on which to set up their independent republics, by English-speaking traders and hunters establishing their neighboring colony, and …
A to Z of the Zulu Wars
Av John Laband
Häftad, 2010
732 kr
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Between 1838 and 1888 the recently formed Zulu kingdom in southeastern Africa was directly challenged by the incursion of Boer pioneers aggressively seeking new lands on which to set up their independent republics, by English-speaking traders and hunters establishing their neighboring colony, and …
Transvaal Rebellion
The First Boer War, 1880-1881
Av John Laband
Inbunden, 2017
2578 kr
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This book takes a unique look at the first Boer war by concentrating on the events and battles of the First Boer War. Due attention is also given to the 2nd Boer War - it's origins, key players and significance for the future of South Africa. The personal stories of heroism and sacrifice, sieges, …
Transvaal Rebellion
The First Boer War, 1880-1881
Av John Laband
E-bok, 2014
767 kr
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This book takes a unique look at the first Boer war by concentrating on the events and battles of the First Boer War. Due attention is also given to the 2nd Boer War - it''s origins, key players and significance for the future of South Africa. The personal stories of heroism and sacrifice, sieges, …
Transvaal Rebellion
The First Boer War, 1880-1881
Av John Laband
E-bok, 2014
750 kr
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This book takes a unique look at the first Boer war by concentrating on the events and battles of the First Boer War. Due attention is also given to the 2nd Boer War - it''s origins, key players and significance for the future of South Africa. The personal stories of heroism and sacrifice, sieges, …
Boer Invasion of The Zulu Kingdom 1837-1840
Av John Laband
E-bok, 2023
161 kr
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The battle of Blood River, or Ncome, on 16 December 1838 has long been regarded as a critical moment in the history of South Africa. It is the culminating victory by the land-hungry Boers who had migrated out of the British-ruled Cape and invaded the Zulu kingdom in 1837.Many Afrikaners long …
Bringers of War
The Portugese in Africa during the Age of Gunpowder & Sail from the 15th to 18th Century
Av John Laband
E-bok, 2021
127 kr
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Long before coal-fuelled ships and machine-tooled firearms, in the age of sail and black powder, the Portuguese were engaged all around the coasts of Africa in capturing trading towns, seizing slaves and searching for mineral riches. They fought their ancient Muslim foes wherever they encountered …
Fall of Rorke's Drift
An Alternate History of the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879
Av John Laband
E-bok, 2019
166 kr
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For fans of Harry Turtledove, an alternate history novel in which Zulu forces triumph over the British at Rorke''s Drift in 1879 and invade Natal. January 1879. The British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom are at war. Lord Carnarvon, Secretary of State for the Colonies, who had successfully brought …
In the Shadow of Isandlwana
The Life and Times of General Lord Chelmsford and his Disaster in Zululand
Av John Laband
Inbunden, 2023
400 kr
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Lord Chelmsford is not a bad man. He is industrious and conscientious so far as his lights guide him. But nature has refused to him the qualities of a great captain. He has suffered much and is entitled to certain commiseration. - Thomas Gibson Bowles, Vanity FairGeneral Lord Chelmsford's military …
In the Shadow of Isandlwana
The Life and Times of General Lord Chelmsford and his Disaster in Zululand
Av John Laband
E-bok, 2023
197 kr
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"Lord Chelmsford is not a bad man. He is industrious and conscientious so far as his lights guide him. But nature has refused to him the qualities of a great captain. He has suffered much and is entitled to certain commiseration." – Thomas Gibson Bowles, Vanity Fair General Lord Chelmsford''s …
Zulu Identities
Being Zulu, Past and Present
Av Benedict Carton, John Laband m. fl.
Inbunden, 2009
1000 kr
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What does it mean to be Zulu today? Does being Zulu today differ from what it meant in the past? Zulu Identities wrestles with these and many other related questions to show how the characteristic traditions of a pre-industrial people have evolved into different cultural expressions of 'Zulu-ness' …
assassination of King Shaka
Av John Laband
Häftad, 2017
280 kr
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In this riveting 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 legendary brilliance: Why did prominent members of the royal house …
eight Zulu kings
From Shaka to Goodwill Zwelithini
Av John Laband
Häftad, 2018
280 kr
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In The Eight Zulu Kings, well-respected and widely published historian John Laband examines the reigns of the eight Zulu kings from 1816 to the present. Starting with King Shaka, the renowned founder of the Zulu kingdom, he charts the lives of the kings Dingane, Mpande, Cetshwayo, Dinuzulu, Solomon …
Illustrated Guide to the Anglo-Zulu War
Inbunden, 2000
697 kr
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The Illustrated Guide to the Anglo-Zulu War is a comprehensive, illustrated and expert guide to the famous clash in 1879 between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom. The book describes and explains the origins of the conflict, the Zulu, British and colonial military systems, the combatants’ …
Atlas of the Later Zulu Wars 1883-1888
Av John Laband
Inbunden, 2002
697 kr
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The Later Zulu wars of the 1880s were a last-ditch resistance to colonialism combined with bitter civil war, and their consequences proved more devastating for the Zulu people than the famous Anglo-Zulu war of 1879. They took place at a time of changing fighting methods and tactics for both the …
Illustrated Guide to the Anglo-Zulu War
Häftad, 2004
395 kr
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The Illustrated guide to the Anglo-Zulu War is a guide to the famous clash in 1879 between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom. The title describes and explains the origins of the conflict, the Zulu, British and colonial military systems, the combatants' tactics and strategies. It includes a …
The Battle of Majuba Hill
The Transvaal Campaign, 1880–1881
Av John Laband
Häftad, 2018
280 kr
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