The organization of the Zulu army was profoundly different to its professional British counterpart a part-time citizen militia the means by which a nation of herdsmen came together periodically in national service.

Zulu regiment names. From personal names and nicknames to clan names and praises. January 12 2018. Impi were formed from multiple regiments from amakhanda.

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A Zulu officer by the name of Mkhosana kaMvundlana came on the scene and was disgusted by the sight of so many warriors taking cover. These shields were not the property of individuals but rather of the state they were cut from the hides of cattle in the national herds and stored in the great royal homesteads which served as regimental barracks. Here we have the Fly Catches the Zulu regiments sure have interesting names.

1775-1785 U-Kangela Look-out 1816. Hi List of British Regiments used in The Zulu War Kings Dragoon Guards 1st Duke of Cambridge Own Lancers 17th East Kent 3rd Kings own Regiment 4th 1st Somersetshire 13th Royal North British Fusiliers 21st 2nd Warwickshire 24th West Middlesex 57th Rutlandshire 58th Kings Royal Rifle Corps 60th Staffordshire Volunteers 80th. Many warriors lay flat on their stomachs to avoid the leaden storm occasionally crawling forward as circumstances permitted.

These 4 regiments Um-Gumanqa Isi-Pezi U-Mbonambi U-Nteke sometimes formed a sub-division. The purpose of this thread is to make it nice and easy for people to find new regiments to found. However in English impi is often used to refer to a Zulu regiment which is called an ibutho in Zulu or the army itself.

We come here by the orders of the Great Queen Victoria Queen of all Africa. Zulu is a 1964 epic war film depicting the Battle of Rorkes Drift between the British Army and the Zulus in January 1879 during the Anglo-Zulu War. I libutho has three meanings all derived from the parent verb ukubutha.