Zulus re-enact Battle of Isandlwana 144 years after victory over the British
- last year
Thousands of Zulu men, called "amabutho", participate in a reenactment of the battle of Isandlwana. The battle was the first engagement in the Anglo-Zulu war on the 22 of January 1879 and was the greatest triumph in the Zulu nation’s military history, as well as being one of the biggest defeats for the British Empire.