The Kraals of Ulundi: A Novel of the Zulu War sparks some interesting issues... The 1964 Film Zulu and Apartheid The film was directed by American screenwriter Cy Endfield and produced by Stanley Baker and Endfield, with Joseph E. Levine as executive producer. The screenplay is by John Prebble and Endfield, based on an article by Prebble, … [Read more...] about Zulu War – Ten Things You May Not Know
Introduction to Zulu War
Articles arising from my novel The Kraals of Ulundi, set during the Anglo-Zulu War in 1879 - and also arising from our adventures in KwaZulu-Natal.
Zulu War – Zululand, November 2013
In November 2013, we travel the 5,900 miles from London to Durban to visit the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal - which covers the former Kingdom of the Zulus, the British colony of Natal, and part of the Dutch-Boer Republic of the Transvaal. The province's population is 10.26 million (20% of South Africa's total) and the main languages are … [Read more...] about Zulu War – Zululand, November 2013
Zulu War – the Legacy
The Kraals of Ulundi and the Nelson Mandela Link In November 2013, I was able to make the trip to KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa to check out the locations for book number three, The Kraals of Ulundi: a Novel of the Zulu War. Then, just a few days after our return to the UK, came the news of Nelson Mandela’s death – and several people … [Read more...] about Zulu War – the Legacy