Throughout history, there have been many battles that have been forgotten. One such battle that the British would like to forget is the Battle of Isandlwana, which took place on Jan. 22, 1879, as ...

Zulu weapons used in the slaughter of British troops at the infamous Battle of Isandlwana set to fetch £100,000 at auction. Battle of Isandlwana took place in 1879 and killed over 1,000 soldiers ...

Once the Zulu warriors had set upon the British forces, they were able to engage in brutal hand-to-hand combat. A number of seemingly simple yet deadly weapons filled their arsenal.

That included a melancholy visit to the remote island of Matakong, off the coast of Guinea. There, far from British eyes, Isaacs became a warlord, holding slaves — and, the author says, perhaps ...

Caine, 89, criticized a British study that claims his 1964 film — along with works including “The Lord of the Rings” books and William Shakespeare’s writings — promotes right-wing… ...

THE Zulu and British royal families, including King Misuzulu, experienced drama in South Africa when women attempted to lodge attacks in unrelated separate events late this week.

The Battle of Isandlwana took place on 22 January 1879 during the Anglo-Zulu War between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom. About 20,000 Zulu warriors, commanded by King Cetshwayo, defeated ...

A new Zulu king has been crowned at a historic event attended by thousands in South Africa's coastal city of Durban. King Misuzulu ka Zwelithini was formally acknowledged as monarch by President ...

TimesMachine is an exclusive benefit for home delivery and digital subscribers. About the Archive This is a digitized version of an article from The Times’s print archive, before the start of ...

Books How a Jewish boy from Canterbury became a Zulu chieftain A new book tells the story of Nathaniel Isaacs, a 19th-century British Jew who played a complicated role in the colonization of Africa ...

THE Zulu and British royal families, including King Misuzulu, experienced drama in South Africa when women attempted to lodge attacks in unrelated separate events late this week.