The Maphumulo Uprising: War, Law and Ritual in the Zulu Rebellion. Scottsville: University of KwaZulu Natal Press, 2005. ISBN 978-1-86914-048-9.
Reviewed by Bradley Skelcher (College of Humanities and Social Sciences, Delaware State University)
Published on H-SAfrica (August, 2007)
Shortly after his release from prison in February
1990, Nelson Mandela delivered a speech in Durban about apartheid in
Natal. In the speech, he made reference to a protest against a poll tax
in 1906 called the Bhambatha Rebellion. "The Zulu people, led by Chief
Bhambatha [kaMancinza], refused to bow their proud heads and a powerful
spirit of resistance developed, which, like the battle of Isandlwana,
inspired generations of South Africans."[1]
