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Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 6:19 pm

I was hoping to include in my dissertation a section relating to the attitudes of the military towards Cetewayo's visit to London and his subsequent reinstatement as head of a grossly diminished Zululand. I presume that most of the officers and privates would have been appalled by the decision to allow 'the tyrant' to plead his case and then re-adopt a position of power, however shortlived, and I was just wondering if anybody could help me out with possible sources/insight into this issue.

Many thanks, Pete

Posted: Thu Aug 20, 2009 7:29 pm

Hi Pete,

While I do not guarantee these articles contain the material you seek, you may want to try:

-Anderson, C. �A Zulu King in Victorian London: Race, Royalty and Imperialist Aesthetics in Late Nineteenth-Century Britain.� Visual Resources 24, no. 3 (2008): 299-319. This article chronicles Zulu King Cetshwayo�s visit to London and Queen Victoria in 1882, and the change in the depiction of the Zulu king in the aftermath of war and peace.

-Theron, Bridget. �King Cetshwayo in Victorian England: A Cameo of Imperial Interaction.� Sabinet Online 56 (2006): 60-87.

Good luck.

Cheers,
Harold Raugh

Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 9:48 am

There are references to the King's visit in Queen Victoria's diary - edited by her daughter (Helena?) - I do not have the reference to hand. Another one you have not recorded - Harold? Much more about AZW in the Royal Archives in Windsor.

Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 3:02 pm

Hi Martin,

Here are some additional Cetshwayo references:

C. Cetshwayo KAMPANDE

Books

Binns, Charles T. The Last Zulu King: The Life and Death of Cetshwayo. London: Longmans, 1963. Xv + 240 pp., illustrations. This is a relatively scholarly account of Cetshwayo�s life.

Bulwer, Sir H., and Bishop Colenso. Sir Bartle Frere�s Last Attack on Cetshwayo. London: Griffith & Farran, 1882; Norwich: A.H. Goose, 1882. Vii + 24 pp. These two prominent figures protest against the �treachery and violence� perpetrated against the Zulus by the British.

Campbell, W.Y. With Cetywayo in the Inkandhla, and the Present State of the Zulu Question, being the Special Correspondence of W.Y. Campbell to the Natal Mercantile Advertiser,� and reprinted therefrom. Durban: P. Davis & Sons, 1883. 51 pp. This pamphlet consists mainly of eight letters written by the author after having travelled through the Zulu Native reserve to find and talk with the fugitive Cetshwayo.

Chesson, F.W. Cetywayo and Langalebale: The Bishop of Natal�s Interview with the ex-Zulu King. London: King, 1881. 16 pp.

Clarke, W.J. Notes on Zululand Affairs Since the Restoration of Cetewayo. Pietermaritzburg: W.J. Clarke, 1898. 22 pp., illustrations.

Dalton, John N., comp. The Cruise of Her Majesty�s Ship Bacchante, 1879-1882. Compiled from the Private Journals, Letters, and Note-Books of Prince Albert Victor and Prince George of Wales. 2 vols. London: Macmillan, 1886. Xxviii + 675, xii + 803 pp. An account of the two princes visiting Zulu King Cetshwayo at Cape Town in 1881 is covered in volume 1.

Laband, John P.C., and J. Wright. King Cetshwayo kaMpande (c. 1832-1884). Pietermaritzburg, South Africa: Shuter & Shooter, 1980: reprint, Ulundi: KwaZulu Monuments Council, 1983. Xi + 34 pp., illustrations, maps. This biography of Zulu King Cetshwayo also provides considerable background information on the Anglo-Zulu War, 1879.

The Life of Cetywayo, the Brave Zulu King: An Account of his Life, His Wives, Mode of Warfare, Curious Customs of the Zulus, their Peculia Marriages Rites, Zulu Courage and the Zulu War. Full Account from Authentic Sources, Partly from the Lips of the Royal Captive Himself. London: Cattell, (c. 1880). 15 pp.

Lindley, Augustus F. After Ophir; Or, A Search for the South African Gold Fields. London: n.p., n.d. [1870]. Viii + 312 pp., portrait frontispiece, 74 illustrations. Even though the authors were unsuccessful in their quest for gold, they visited Zululand and interviewed Zulu King Cetshwayo, which is mentioned in this book.

Ludlow, Captain W.R. Zululand and Cetewayo, Containing an Account of Zulu Customs, Manners, and Habits, After a Short Residence in Their Kraals. 2nd ed. London: Simpkin, Marshall, 1882; Birmingham: Cornish Bros., 1882; reprint, Pretoria: State Library, 1969; reprint, Doncaster, UK: D.P. & G. Military Publishers, 2005. Xviii + 219 pp. + 4 pp. publisher�s catalogue, portrait frontispiece, 6 plates. This is Captain Ludlow�s account of his travels in Zululand in early 1880.

Montgomery, A.N. Cetywayo, Natal, Zululand. London: Houghton (K. Steele), [1882]. 20 pp.

Natal Provincial Administration and Library Services. The Last Journey. King Cetshwayo: Reconstruction of His Last Journey and Funeral Wagon / Inkosi uCetshwayo: isiboniso sohamba lwakhe lokugcina kanye nesenqola eyasetshenziswa ekufihlweni kwakhe / Koning Cetshwayo: rekonstruksie van sy laaste reis en begrafniswa. [Pietermaritzburg]: n.p., [1983]. 26 pp. This multilingual publication was issued to mark the presentation of King Cetshwayo�s funeral wagon to the reigning Zulu king in 1983.

Osei, G.K. Cetshwayo of Zululand: In the Footsteps of Shaka. London: African Publication Society, 1979. 32 pp., plates.

South African Boer. General Cetywayo at Rorke�s Drift. Edinburgh: Johnson Hunter, J. and J. Gray, 1879. 14 pp. This title is somewhat deceptive, as the contents of this pamphlet focus on the first annexation of the Transvaal by the British.

Walker, James. Caffres and Colonists: Cetewayo, His Friends and Neighbours. Peterhead: Sentinel Printing Works, 1882. 14 pp. This short biography of Cetshwayo was written by a colonial farmer.

Webb, Colin de B., and J.B. Wright, eds. A Zulu King Speaks: Statements Made by Cetshwayo kaMpande on the History and Customs of his People. Killie Campbell Africana Library, Reprint Series No. 3. Pietermaritzburg: University of Natal Press, 1978; Durban: Killie Campbell Africana Library, 1978). Xxiv + 126 pp., plates, map. This book reproduces three statements made by Cetshwayo after the 1879 Anglo-Zulu War.
Articles

Anderson, C. �A Zulu King in Victorian London: Race, Royalty and Imperialist Aesthetics in Late Nineteenth-Century Britain.� Visual Resources 24, no. 3 (2008): 299-319. This article chronicles Zulu King Cetshwayo�s visit to London and Queen Victoria in 1882, and the change in the depiction of the Zulu king in the aftermath of war and peace.

Angas, G. �A Visit to the Zulu King.� Leisure Hours 3 (May 1879): 537-541.

Ballard, Charles C. �John Dunn and Cetshwayo: The Material Foundations of Political Power in the Zulu Kingdom, 1857-1878.� Journal of African History 21, no. 1 (1980): 75-91. This article shows how John Dunn, through the accumulation of wives, clients, land, livestock, and a monopoly over trade routes, aided Cetshwayo�s and his own political ascendancy in Zululand in the two decades prior to the 1879 Anglo-Zulu War.

Ballard, Charles C. �The Historical Image of King Cetshwayo: A Centennial Comment.� Natalia 13 (December 1983): 29-42.

Biggar, E.B. �When the British Fought in South Africa: The Fall of Cetywayo.� Canadian Magazine 14 (November 1899): 68-75. This is a short biography of Zulu King Cetshwayo, with an overview of the Anglo-Zulu War, 1879.

Brett, B.L.W. Makers of South Africa. London: Nelson, [1944]. Viii + 168 pp., portrait frontispiece, illustrations. A short biography of Cetshwayo is contained on pp. 28-32.

Butterfield, P.H. �From Monarch to Monarch: Cetewayo�s Letters to Queen Victoria.� African Notes and News 28, no. 5 (March 1989): 197-204. Former Zulu King Cetshwayo wrote a number of letters to Queen Victoria in 1881, which are reproduced in this article.

�The Case of Cetywayo.� The Aborigines� Friend 11, n.s. (1881): 400-403. This contains extracts from a letter written by the Secretary of the Aborigines Protection Society to the Daily News requesting Cetshwayo be treated well while in London.

�Cetywayo.� United Service Magazine 813 (August 1896): 488-510. This is a highly-favorable biographical sketch of Cetshwayo.

�Cetywayo and Arabi.� New York Times, 2 February 1883, 4. This article contrasts the treatment of defeated Zulu Chief Cetshwayo, who was restored to part of his old kingdom, with that of Egyptian nationalist Colonel Ahmed Arabi, who was exiled to Ceylon for having led a revolt in Egypt in 1882.

�Cetywayo in His War-Gear.� New York Times, 14 April 1879, 2. This brief article describes the military equipment carried by and the appearance of Cetshwayo during the Anglo-Zulu War, 1879.

Colenbrander, P.J. �Warriors, Women, Land, and Livestock: Cetshwayo�s Kingdom under Stress?� In Production and Reproduction in the Zulu Kingdom: Workshop Papers. Pietermaritzburg: University of Natal, Department of Historical and Political Studies, 1977.

Colenso, Bishop. �Cetywayo�s Overtures of Peace.� Aborigines� Friend. A Journal of the Transactions of the Aborigines� Protection Society ns, 5 (June 1880).

Cope, Richard L. �Written in Characters of Blood? The Reign of King Cetshwayo ka Mpande, 1872-1879.� Journal of African History 36, no. 2 (May 1995): 247-270. This article shows that both the British High Commissioner in South Africa and the missionaries intentionally discredited Zulu King Cetshwayo to facilitate bringing the Zulu kingdom under British control.

Deane, J.B. �Cetewayo�s Story of the Zulu Nation and the War of 1879.� Macmillan�s Magazine 41, 244 (February 1880): 273-295; reprinted in A Zulu King Speaks: Statements Made by Cetshwayo kaMpande on the History and Customs of his People, ed. Colin de B. Webb and J.B. Wright, 27-36. Killie Campbell Africana Library, Reprint Series No. 3. Pietermaritzburg: University of Natal Press, 1978; Durban: Killie Campbell Africana Library, 1978; reprinted in Journal of the Anglo-Zulu War Research Society 8, no. 1 (2002): 15-30. This is a detailed account of the history and traditions of the Zulus, as told by Cetshwayo to Captain J. Ruscombe Poole, Royal Artillery, his escort officer from Zululand to Cape Town.

Dixie, Lady Florence. �On Cetshwayo and his Restoration.� Vanity Fair (12 July 1884): 21-22.

Dixie, Lady Florence. �Cetshwayo and Zululand.� Nineteenth Century 12, no. 2 (August 1882): 303-312. The purpose of this article was to draw attention to the condition of Zululand after three years of British �misrule and oppression.�

Dixie, Lady Florence. �The Position of Cetshwayo in Zululand.� Vanity Fair (19 May 1883): 259-261.

Drummond, The Hon. W.H. �A Christmas in the Wilds of Africa.� The Field (London), 23 December 1876. This newspaper article highlights the author�s visit to Zulu King Cetshwayo and describes the organization and weapons of the Zulu Army.

Drummond, The Hon. W.H. �Sport in South-Eastern Africa [Part 1].� The Field (London), 19 May 1877, 594.

Fuze, Magema (Magwaza). �A Visit to King Ketshwayo.� Macmillan�s Magazine 37 (March 1878): 421-432. This article contains detailed accounts between the author, an early African intellectual, and Zulu king Cetshwayo.

Guy, Jeff. �Cetshwayo kaMpande, c. 1832-1884.� In Black Leaders in Southern African History, ed. Christopher S. Saunders, 75-99. London: Heinemann, 1979.

Guy, Jeff J. �The Political Structure of the Zulu Kingdom during the Reign of Cetshwayo kaMpande.� In Before and After Shaka: Papers in Nguni History, ed. J.B. Pieres, 49-73. Grahamstown, South Africa: Institute of Social and Economic Research, Rhodes University, 1981.

Harness, Lt.-Col. A. �A Visit to Ketchywayo, By an Officer.� Temple Bar 58 (1880): 253-256.

�An Interview with Cetewayo.� Daily Telegraph, reprinted in Living Age 143, no. 1854 (27 December 1879): 823-824. This is the transcript of an interview conducted with Cetshwayo on 1 October 1879.

�Ketchwayo [sic] Interviewed.� Lantern 5, 116 (5 September 1879): 6-7.

Knight, Ian. �Blue Plaque for King Cetshwayo.� Journal of the Anglo Zulu War Historical Society 20 (December 2006). This article chronicles King Cetshwayo�s 1882-1883 visit to London, and notes that an English Heritage �blue plaque� was installed in 2006 at the townhouse at 18 Melbury Road, Kensington, where Cetshwayo during his visit to London.
Knight, Ian. �Blue Plaque for Zulu King's Visit.� Soldiers of the Queen 127 (December 2006).

Knight, Ian. �King Cetshwayo�s Cup � History of Zululand�s Troubled Past.� Armourer Militaria Magazine 43 (January/February 2001): 46-50.

Knight, Ian. �The Strange Story and Remarkable Adventures of King Cetshwayo�s Cup.� Journal of the Anglo Zulu War Historical Society 6 (January 1999). This article is a chronicle of the history of the large inscribed silver mug Queen Victoria gave to Zulu King Cetshwayo in 1882, and its role (or the more modern copy thereof) in prestigious ceremonies over the years.

Laband, J.P.C. �Humbugging the General? King Cetshwayo�s Peace Overtures During the Anglo-Zulu War.� Theoria 67 (1986): 1-20. This article assesses the sincerity of Cetshwayo�s efforts to negotiate a settlement before and during the Anglo-Zulu War, 1879.

Lock, Ron. �Crowning a Zulu King.� Military Illustrated 179 (April 2003): 40-45.

Mitchison, Naomi. African Heroes. New York: Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1971. This is a book for young readers that consists of short biographies of eleven significant African leaders, including the Zulu king Cetshwayo.

Mngoma, Amos. �The Zulu Honour King Cetshwayo.� Bona (November 1983): 26-32.

Newcomb, Simon. �A Visit to Cetywayo.� Harper�s New Monthly Magazine 66, no. 395 (April 1883): 786-789. This article recounts the author�s visit to Cetshwayo in Cape Town in c. December 1882.

O�Connor, Damian. �Who Killed Cetshwayo? A Case Study of Ethical Foreign Policy.� Royal United Services Institute Journal 149, no. 5 (October 2004): 78-87; reprinted in Journal of the Anglo Zulu War Historical Society 19 (June 2006).

Old Pioneer. �Annals of South Africa. Cetywayo: The Last of the Bantu Warriors.� Chap. in South Africa Handbooks, No. 10, 17-19. London: South Africa, 1903-1904.

Pimblett, W. �Fall of King Cetywayo.� Chap. in In Africa with the Union Jack, 104-127. London: J.S. Virtue, 1894.
Poole, J. Ruscombe. �Cetywayo�s Story of the Zulu Nation and the War.� Macmillan Magazine 41 (February 1880): 273-295.

Roberts, Brian. �The Lady and the King: Lady Florence Dixie.� Chap. in Ladies in the Veld, 75-181. London: John Murray, 1965. Dixie was an aristocratic traveler/journalist who reported from South Africa in the early 1880s. She befriended the Zulu King Cetshwayo and supported his restoration as king.

Sheeley, Ron. �The Many Faces of King Cetshwayo.� Journal of the Anglo Zulu War Historical Society 14 (December 2003). This article chronicles the depiction of King Cetshwayo in British newspapers during the 1879 Anglo-Zulu War � before a photograph had been taken of him.

Van Shalkwyk, Leo O. �oNdini: the Zulu Royal Capital of King Cetshwayo ka Mpande (1873-1879).� In The Constructed Past: Experimental Archaeology, Education, and the Public, ed. Peter G. Stone and Philippe Planel. London: Routledge, 1999.

Theron, Bridget. �King Cetshwayo in Victorian England: A Cameo of Imperial Interaction.� Sabinet Online 56 (2006): 60-87.

Weintraub, Stanley. �Cetewayo: Shaw�s First Hero from History.� In Shaw: Shaw and History: The Annual of Bernard Shaw Studies, ed. Gale Larson and Fred Crawford, 7-22. Vol. 19. University Park: Pennsylvania State University Press, 1999. This article examines George Bernard Shaw�s references to Cetewayo (Cetshwayo), Zulu chieftain, in Cashel Byron's Profession as the first incorporation of a contemporary historical figure into his work.

Woodson, Carter Godwin. African Heroes and Heroines. Washington, D.C.: Associated Publishers, (c. 1939). Xii + 249 pp., illustrations, maps. This volume contains a biographical sketch of Cetshwayo, pp. 148-154.

Dissertations/Presentations

Buthelezi, Mangosuthu G. �King Cetshwayo, King of the Zulu Nation, 1873-1884: A King of Destiny Whose Wisdom and Statesmanship Live On.� Address delivered at Ulundi, Natal, South Africa, 20 August 1983.

Buthelezi, Mangosuthu G. �Oration.� Address delivered at the official opening by Chief Gatsha of the KwaZulu Cultural Museum and before the unveiling of a memorial to King Cetshwayo by His Majesty the King of the Zulus, Ulundi, Natal, South Africa, 13 April 1985.

Cele, Thuthukani Thobelizwe. �The Figure of King Cetshwayo Kampande in Two Historical Plays in the Context of Oral Traditions and of Trends in Zulu Historical Drama.� M.A. thesis, University of Natal, Durban, KwaZulu Natal, South Africa, 1997.

Etherington, Norman. �The Meaning of Shepstone�s Coronation of Cetshwayo.� Paper presented at the conference on the Anglo-Zulu War: A Centennial Reappraisal, University of Natal, Durban, Natal, South Africa, 7-9 February 1979.

Haw, S. J. H. �Francis Reginald Statham and the Politics of Cetshwayo's Restoration, 1882-1883.� B.A. (Hons.) thesis, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa, 1968.

Monteith, Mary Anne. �Cetshwayo and Sekhukhune, 1875-1879.� M.A. thesis, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, 1978.

Ngwenya, Philip Thami. �The Reign of Cetshwayo, 1873-1884, from the Zulu Point of View.� B.A. (Hons.) thesis, University of Zululand, Durban, Natal, South Africa, 1986.

Rawlinson, R. �Ondini: Royal Military Homestead of King Cetshwayo kaMpande, 1872-1879.� Paper, Conference on Natal and Zulu History, University of Natal, Durban, Natal, South Africa, 1985.

Rees, P.D.G. �The Restoration of Cetshwayo to Zululand.� B.A. (Hons.) thesis, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, Natal, South Africa, 1965.

Good reading!
Harold

Posted: Fri Aug 21, 2009 3:07 pm

Hello again Martin,

Here are some references pertaining to the capture of Cetshwayo:

. CAPTURE OF Cetshwayo KAMPANDE, 26 AUGUST 1879

Books

Marter, R. The Capture of Cetywayo, King of the Zulus. Introduction by Ian Knight. Westminster: Army and Navy Co-operative Society, 1880; reprint, Woking, UK: R.J. Wyatt, c. 2000. 20 pp. This is a facsimile reprint of the original, which was privately printed in 1880.

Murray, Richard William. Conclusion of the Zulu War: The King�s Story of His Flight: Cetywayo, Ex-King of the Zulus: In the Castle, Cape Town. Cape Town: Murray & St. Leger, 1879. 11 p. This pamphlet was written by Murray, a special reporter of the Cape Times.

Murray, Richard William. From Ulundi to Cape Town: Cetywayo, ex-king of the Zulus -- The Story of his Capture and Captivity. London: Simpkin, 1882. 48 pp.

Special Reporter of the Cape Times [Richard William Murray]. Cetywayo, from the Battle of Ulundi to the Cape of Good Hope. Cape Town: Murray & St. Leger, 1879. 30 pp.

Articles

�The Capture of Cetywayo.� Journal of the Anglo-Zulu War Research Society 1, no. 1 (1992): 15-22.

�Catching Cetewayo.� All the Year Round 43 (November 1879): 534-571.
[Darnell, Paul.] �A Nation No More: The End of the Zulu War.� Colonial Conquest 3 (April/May 1993). This brief article chronicles the period from Cetshwayo�s capture at the end of the Anglo-Zulu War to his death on 8 February 1884.

Soldier, A. �Catching Cetewayo: A Soldier�s Story.� All the Year Round 23, no. 573 n.s. (22 November 1879): 537-541.

Thanks,
Harold

Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 8:12 am

Harold,

Reference to 'Angas, G. �A Visit to the Zulu King.� Leisure Hours 3 (May 1879): 537-541.' - I hate to tell you this but the magazine was entitled The Leisure Hour, with their offices at 56 Paternoster Row & 164 Piccadilly. The visit by George French Angas, the author of The Kaffirs Illustrated, relates not to King Cetshwayo, but to his father King Mpande. Also the article appears on pages 286 to 288, which might throw out any other references you might have listed from The Leisure Hour.

John Y.

Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 9:05 am

There is the 'Spy' cartoon with a nice write-up on the King. Do not have the reference at I am not at the museum.

Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 9:25 am

Martin,

The 'Spy' cartoon is entitled 'Restored' it appeared in Vanity Fair 26th August 1882.

John Y.

Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2009 2:46 pm

In the archives at Dundee (KZN) and, I believe, at Ulundi, there are a selection of letters which were written to Cetshwayo while he was in England. Some of them are very moving; others are a total hoot. A number of the writers express deep concern that Cetshwayo should convert to Christianity and attempt to explain the history of salvation, and God's plan for the heathen, by means of helpful biblical quotes; another, obviously written by a child, asks his Majesty "please to be nice to all the cows and other animals when you go home". Then there is an cutting of an advert placed in the 19th-century equivalent of a personal ads column from a nameless correspondent asking him out on a date and suggesting a discreet venue. My favourite, however, is an invitation from a London purveyor of high-quality chocolate, on magnificent headed notepaper and written in beautiful French, cordially inviting "Sa majest�" and his lady wives to visit and sample the products. Presumably the senders, aware that his Majesty was not a native speaker of English, supposed that French might be a language he and they had in common.

Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 10:22 am

Harold,

You mention the Hon William's Drummond article "Christmas in the Wilds of Africa" from The Field magazine, December 1876 issue. Do you know where I could possibly view or obtain a copy of this from?

Kind Regards

Andrew

Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2012 11:02 am

Try:

http://www.finddigitalmagazines.co.uk/ipad-magazines-all/the-field-magazine-ipad-digital-magazine-subscription/

This article was probably taken from an extract from Drummond's book:

His experiences with buffalo, rhinoceros, eland, lions, elephants, leopards and antelopes, as recorded in 'The Large Game and Natural History of South and South-East Africa', were published in Edinburgh in 1875.

Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2012 5:54 pm

Martin,

Thanks for the link, but regrettably looking at the website, it doesn't hold back issues that date back as far as December 1876 (though could be worse, the website could hold back issues that go only as far back as Jan 1877!)

I've had another re-read of my copy of Drummond's 'Large Game' and I can't see any section which makes any reference to the Zulu Army. The closest I get is a large group of villagers who join him in the hunt for a lion! Is there a specific section that you had in mind that I've overlooked?

Kind Regards

Andrew

Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 10:47 am

It's also worth reading these two items:

http://books.google.co.uk/books/about/The_South_African_journal_of_Sir_Garnet.html?I'd=GhIyAQAAIAAJ&redir_esc=y

http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12806911-the-letters-of-lord-and-lady-wolseley-1870-1911

Some account needs to be taken also of the effects and outcomes of the 1880-81 Transvaal Rebellion, which had a radically altering effect on British military policy and capability, and the various working papers between the authorities at the Cape and the Colonial Office during the King's incarceration at Cape Town Castle. Then allow for 'Natalian' aspirations to become a fully fledged (but secure and prosperous) Colony, ratrher than an adjunct of the Cape Administration. These areas are seldom explored in depth in the standard works.

G

Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 6:30 pm

Hi Andrew,

According to a search done on the British Library website, I believe you may have success finding copies of The Field at the British Library's reading room in Colindale (north London), which provides access to the British Library's major collections of British and overseas newspapers. The collections also include popular magazines, trade papers, and comics.

Good luck with your research.

Cheers,
Harold

Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2012 11:34 pm

Andrew

Just go to your local reference library or Country Archives - where you can have access to the Times Newspaper Archive on-line - this may give you an insight to the Zulu King's visit to London.