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Zulu War
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
Zulu War (1879) A war fought between Britain and Zululand. Until he occupied the Transvaal in 1877, the policy...Afrikaner population, and a scheme was prepared to seize Zululand. Frontier incidents provided opportunities, and the British...
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Bruce, David
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography
...Bruce had become famous for trypanosomiasis researches in Zululand and Uganda. After departing from Malta in 1889, he spent...epizootic, nagana, that was affecting cattle in northern Zululand. After trekking for five weeks by ox wagon, the Bruces arrived...
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prince
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
...79) of Napoleon III . Exiled with his parents after his father's abdication, in 1879 he joined the British expedition to Zululand, where he was killed. Prince of Darkness a name for the Devil, recorded from the early 17th century; in recent usage...
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Zambia
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
...in the importance of tobacco, sugar cane, and other cash crops. History Zambia was settled by Nguni people in flight from Zululand in 1835, but was also subject throughout much of the 19th century to Arab slave-traders. Agents from Cecil RHODES entered...
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Buthelezi, Gatsha Mangosuthu
Book article from: A Dictionary of Contemporary World History
Buthelezi, Gatsha Mangosuthu (b. 27 Aug. 1928). South African politician Born in Mahlabatini (Zululand) as the grandson of King Dinizulu. Admitted to Fort Hare University in 1948, he joined the ANC Youth League, where he met Sobukwe...
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South Africa, Christianity in
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church
...often founded by a ‘prophet’ figure. The most famous is the Amanazaretha, founded by Isaiah Shembe in Zululand. The Church of the Province of Southern Africa (so called since 1982) is an independent province of the Anglican Communion...
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Natal
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History
...Durban) in 1824. A British colony was declared in 1843 to check the spread of Afrikaner influence. The dismemberment of Zululand in the 1880s and 1890s extended the boundaries of the colony and in 1910 the colonists reluctantly accepted the inclusion of...
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Cetshwayo
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
Cetshwayo (or Cetewayo ) ( c. 1826–84) Zulu king. Cetshwayo became ruler of Zululand in 1873. He increased his army to defend his territory against the Boers and defeated the British at Isandhlwana in 1879. His...
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Mzilikazi
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
...his leadership. He became a war leader under SHAKA , King of the Zulu, but rebelled in 1822. He led his people away from Zululand to what is now the western Transvaal, and then settled with his subjects in the area of Bulawayo. In 1837 he fled north...
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Buthelezi, Chief Mangosuthu (Gatsha)
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
...politician. In 1953 he was appointed assistant to the Zulu king Cyprian, a position he held until 1968. He was elected leader of Zululand (later KwaZulu) in 1970 and was responsible for the revival of the Inkatha movement, of which he became leader in 1975...
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