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MORE CINEMA SCREENINGS OF 4K ZULU DAWN
In order to celebrate the forthcoming disc release by Severin Films of the hi-def 4K restoration of Zulu Dawn, two more cinema screenings in the…
Feb 9 • Ian Knight
ZULU DAWN - REVISITED
Last Saturday (24 Jan 2026, for those of you reaching this in the far future!) I was lucky enough to give an introduction at the premiere screening of…
Jan 29 • Ian Knight
Who Was The Real Otto Witt?
Jack Hawkins and Ulla Jacobssen as Otto and Margaretta Witt in Zulu.
Jan 7 • Ian Knight
Is this the Grave of Surgeon Peter Shepherd? Pondering a mystery of the ‘fugitives’ trail’
Is this the grave of Surgeon Peter Shepherd at iSandlwana?
Jan 5 • Ian Knight
'WHAT DO YOU COME HERE FOR?' The defiance of ordinary Zulus during the war of 1879.
A Zulu matron at iSandlwana in the 1960s; is she remembering a father or grandfather who fought there?
Oct 9, 2025 • Ian Knight
The Walk to 'The Bewhiskered Man'
‘In the days of Cetshwayo’
Sep 24, 2025 • Ian Knight
NEARLY A VC; An Incident in the Siege of Eshowe
The mission station at Eshowe as fortified by Pearson’s men; the largest British fortification built during the Anglo-Zulu War.
Sep 19, 2025 • Ian Knight
JOHN LABAND; AN OBITUARY
John and his wife Fen in London in April 2025.
Aug 14, 2025 • Ian Knight
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Zulu Musings
My meanderings and adventures in Zulu history over fifty years of writing and researching
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