The Maphumulo Uprising: War, Law and Ritual in the Zulu Rebellion

by Jeff Guy

In 1906, the authorities in the colony of Natal put down, with great loss of life, an uprising that has become known as the Zulu or Bhambatha rebellion. Accounts have tended to concentrate on Bhambatha, the man who led the guerrilla war in the Nkandla forest, but this book shifts the focus to the Maphumulo area where two famous chiefs led their people in violent resistance to the colonial militia. This account also goes beyond the physical conflict...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1869140486
• ISBN13: 9781869140489
• Release Date: September 2005
• Publisher: University of Kwazulu Natal Press
• Length: 276 Pages
• Weight: 0.96 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"