In the war of 1879 the Zulus had more guns than the British
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The History Press | 10 things you didn't know about the Zulu Army - 1 views
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Guns were first invented in China and South Africa at this time was not an ally nor enemy with China. why would they have more resources than a well developed country
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The Nguni cattle whose hides were used for shields came in over a hundred different colours and patterns, each with its own Zulu name. Each regiment was supposed to carry a distinctive colour of shield, but by 1879 shortages of cattle made this impractical.
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iments in 1877
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the war could have possibly been shaken by this incidents and there need to be proper planning of the invasion before 1879
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'Butchering the Brutes All Over the Place': Total War and Massacre in Zululand, 1879.pdf - 2 views
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and the dead were
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annexation involving acts of barbarism by the British.2 The init
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in a lot of writings about Africans and the Europeans, people of color the ones to be given inhumane descriptions but in this context it is the British being labelled otherwise.
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the war was indeed extreme and that has helped, considering that there is not a lot of white people populating the Kwa-Zulu Natal province yet South Africa was colonized by Britain
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ined: 'obviously the British troops, after the savageries inflicted on their comrades at Isandlwana, felt justified in taking a leaf out of the Zulu book of total war, and felt no compassion for the defeated enemy.'
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there were a lot of people who dies dies at the war in topic but the man has the audacity to call it a fight like it was some sort of fist fight it is however good that he gives some credit to the Zulu people
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enemy after battle was not, as most historians, who have noticed it, suggest, simply an over-reaction by white troops or the uncontrollable behaviour of native levies, but became an essential though unacknowledged part of British strategy which emerged necessarily from the pathology of empire when confronted with the possibility of d
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Over 850 white and several hundred black soldiers were killed and most of the dead were ritually c
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this needed bravery and not something revealed by most sources especially those accessible anywhere on the web. this could have been a ritual or for the Zulu people to satisfy themselves that they have won and conquered the enemy.
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f two thousand volunteers, based on the Boer commando system, should 'go into the enemy's country without wagons or food, kill what oxen we want for meat, and eat what mealies we can, and destroy the rest; attack small bands of Kaffir, burn villages, and capture oxen wherever we can, and always avoid the large impis'.1
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wants to avoid "IMPI" which is a war but goes into someone's territory destroying it and expect them to just sit back and not retaliate. The Zulu nation went to war in defense of their province and country
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geant Ellis had written in a letter to his father on 31 December 1878: 'if Cetshwayo does not come to terms, we will demand his lands, kill his people as they come across our path and burn all his kraals.'14 In a further letter, once the invasion had started, Ellis wrote that 'we are about to capture all the cattle belonging to the Zulus and also to burn their kraals.'1
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the war was unfavorable and very brutal that one of the two nations had to succumb and surrender to avoid having one nation wiped out the by the other. There was no mercy and it was very inconsiderate of the British because they came with an ultimatum to a people's land expect them to just give in to their demand willingly and easily. Everyone and anyone would try and fight back if they had found themselves in such a situation before accepting loss
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massacres:
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rrow and Lord Gifford, the large military Kraal of Empang weni one of Cetshwayo's c
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the best way to win over people is to get to their leader first. Cetshwayo was the leader and if he felt defeated and called his troops to surrender the war would have ended the very same day and if he calls for war and revenge with body count against the British because they had nothing that would be used as revenge or collateral by the zulu because all their assets were left in Britain.
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strategic and psychological reasons; unles
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Psychology is the science of mind and behavior. it is a study of logic, it helps people think logically but there is no logic in this statement
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only cattle can be slaughtered meaning the Zulu people are being compared to cattle in this context.
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rent impression: 'We have much to avenge and please God we will do it. I pity the Zulus that fall into our hands. You would feel as I do if you had seen the awful scenes I did on the night of 22nd
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they have the audacity to use the Lord's name in vain when they were the one who picked on the other nation.
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A bayonet (from French baïonnette) is a knife, dagger, sword, or spike-shaped weapon designed to fit on the end of the muzzle of a rifle, musket
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y imperial officers in the slaughter, their acquiescence in this operation is undoubted: the scene of
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people meant to protect the community were the ones killing it and did not want to be hels accountable in anyway which was cowardness
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Wood rejected the charges and claimed that prisoners were well treated: Ί believe no Zulus have been killed by white men except in action, and as I rewarded Wood's irregulars for every live Zulu brought in, I had many saved.'50 Though Wood was able to show that Private Snooks's dates were inaccurate (he had confused 30 March for 29 March), Wood's response appears to be a minor masterpiece of official evasio
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this piece suggests that there were courts and government laws even during the war of 1879 but it looks like it was playing its part because the war would not have continued had it been handled amicably in court before even one person was killed from either troops.
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a heathenis a person who does not belong to a widely held religion. and they could have been having long term issues where they would have disowned but him killing the other person must haven traumatic for the women because she gave life to this person and now a foreigner comes from nowhere and takes the person's life instantly. the lady is probably on the mountain because she was running away from them
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'Fighting Stick of Thunder': Firearms and the Zulu Kingdom: The Cultural Ambiguities of... - 2 views
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found information that intrigued me on pages 1-6 but was unable to cut out the rest of the pages
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iziqu is a qualification and this means whenever that conquered they would graduate and gain more respect within their area until they get to a point of working closely with the chief. very disturbing that it means failure in this context
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oral testimony
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this statement makes the source to be an oral tradition and secondary source, some information will be left out even if it is from a primary source
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armpit like a goat
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this was very inhumane because there are and were still other forms of punishment
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‘wipe the hoe’ by raping a married woman or girl while still a long way from home
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this is absurd because they need to hurt other people in order to cleanse themselves and seemingly protect, the very vulnerable that they will be physically and psychologically hurting.
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By contrast, in South Africa, the spread of guns was far slower because of the sheer, vast extent of the sub-continent’s interior and its lack of ports.
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this could have been one of te reasons why it spreadslowly in SA but the economy could have also had an impact considering that the SA economy is weaker than the european economy and guns emerged in Europe
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if we are to attempt to grasp what Zulu military culture entailed, and the tentative part fi rearms played in it, we must approach the matter as best we can from the Zulu perspective, making use of admittedly limited recorded oral evidence, praise-songs, and the statements of prisoners-of-war.
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this way is very effective in the sense that even if they do not interview anyon they will gt to gather information that they will use as primary sources when establishing work on the topic at hand
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It suggests that the battle tactics the Zulu undoubtedly employed in the war of 1838 against the invading Voortrekkers, and against each other in the civil wars of 1840 and 1856, had already taken full shape during Shaka’s reign.
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the Kwa-Zulu Natal warriors already having been to war before meant that they had an experience that they could have employed in 1879 and possibly used the same soldiers that they had used before. the Battle of Blood River which they also did not win but was absurd yet good fight
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military potential.
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the king being interested in such that they posses could have been what actually led to Europeans thinking that they would be easily given the land they perhaps had hopes of trading land for the muskets.
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In 1826, he used the limited but alarming fi repower of the Port Natal traders and their trained African retainers against his great rivals, the Ndwandwe people, in the decisive battle of the izinDolowane hills; and in 1827, he again used their fi repower in subduing the Khumalo people.
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looking at this piece it can firmly be argued that Shaka never would have won this war because was an enemy to people who were supposed to e his allies, it is also something expected from someone who is facing a war in his territory and not sure who to and not to trust, fortunately for him Fearing for his own life after his father's death, Mzilikazi decided to forge an alliance with Shaka for his protection & the Khumalo clan. Shaka was a rising star at that time, building his Zulu empire through raids, subjugation & assimilation of smaller ethnic groups.
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adornment
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udumo
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udumo would not be the one of weather but udumo of recognition, being well known and praised.
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