Zululand true Stories 1780-1978 by Dr J.C van der Walt

Zululand true Stories 1780-1978 by Dr J.C van der Walt

Hardcover, ISBN 9780620380713
Publisher: Dr. J.C. van der Walt, 2007 Second Edition.

Used – Near Fine. This book is in a mint condition. The picture laminated cover has some very limited signs of wear and the pages are clean, intact and the spine remains undamaged. Very small dent to side of back cover. This book has clearly been well maintained and looked after thus far. Money back guarantee if you are not satisfied.

Privately published, hardcover, extensively illustrated, contents, glossary, sources, acknowledgements, 360 pages, 305 x 215mm.

'My book is the result of forty years of research in museums and archives in both South Africa and the United Kingdom. I publish the actual archival documents as proof of the extensive child slavery in South Africa" (from the foreword).

The Zululand Observer has published 140 of the author's illustrated articles on the history of Zululand covering the period 178 to 1978. This book contains 88 articles.

'In another development,  academic JC van der Walt writes in the just-released Zululand True Stories that the Boers of the Transvaal Republic sometimes stole children from the black groups they attacked and used them as labourers, almost like slaves. These are uncomfortable, difficult new insights into my Afrikaner past that are hard to process because they cast a dark shadow over our whole view of who we are and where we come from. But if they are true, we should accept it, make peace with it and strive to learn more and understand better" .

The author was honored in 2001 by the Zululand History Society for research work of outstanding merit.

Also inside: Osborn, Quedini, Samarang, Rorke's Drift, Wolseley, Prince Imperial, Mzilikazi, Mpande, Isandlwana, Empangeni, Blaauwkrantz.....