" formed by a...group of experts and historians to educate, .........and
to further their interest in that most fascinating of Victorian campaigns,
the Anglo Zulu War of 1879." Has the table of contents of its Journal and
a few full text articles, photographs, sells postcards. Based in Great Britain.
http://www.web-marketing.co.uk/anglozuluwar/
The Commission maintains graves / memorials throughout the world for members
of the Commonwealth forces who died in World Wars I and II. Has statistics
on the number of Commonwealth war dead commemorated by country, for ex.
50,000 + in Kenya, 8,000 + in South Africa, 5,000 + in Tanzania, 4,00
+ in Nigeria, 900+ in Eritrea, etc. Select "Global Commitment" then "breakdown
by country." http://www.cwgc.org/
"a digital library of primary sources [mainly from 1840 -
1900] in American social history from the antebellum period through
reconstruction." Has scanned images of the full text of
books and articles. A search on Cecil Rhodes produces
102 matches in 57 journal articles. Examples of article titles: The Ultimate
Triumph of the Boers, Briton and Boer in South Africa,
Military Problems in South Africa, A French General's
Defense of the Boers, The Historical Causes of the Present War in South
Africa, Problems of the Transvaal, The Responsibility
of Cecil Rhodes. [KF] http://moa.cit.cornell.edu/moa/index.html
Full text of the book (New York: C. Scribner's sons, 1911, 228 pp.) Includes
- accounts of a young Winston Churchill's escape from a South African prison
during the Boer War (South African War)
- American Frederick Russell Burnham's participation in the 1st and 2nd Matabele
Uprisings, the Boer War, his killing of Umlimo, and brief mention of his
visits to Ashanti and East Africa. Part of Project Gutenberg Etext. [KF]
http://digital.library.upenn.edu/webbin/gutbook/lookup?num=3029
Biographies of persons who died between the years 1000 and 1930. Use the Advanced Search. Under Geography, select Africa, then country. Find biographies of missionaries such as John Forbes of the White Fathers and Arthur Bouchard (Sudan), military personnel such as Duncan MacInnes (Ghana, South Africa), William Robert Wolseley Winniett (Ghana) and Frederick Charles Denison (Sudan), Richard Pierpoint (born in Senegal). There are fifteen biographies of persons connected to South Africa in some way. A joint project of the University of Toronto and the Université Laval. [KF] http://www.biographi.ca/EN/index.html
Information, articles, citations to publications, photos on the South
African military. Also information on Angola, Namibia, Zimbabwe. Maintained
by John Dovey. http://www.lib.sun.ac.za/military/
Has full-text sources for African history arranged by topics (Siege of
Khartoum, the German South African Army 1903-1904, . Includes the and many
other historical topics. Maintained by Paul Halsall, Fordham University. http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/africa/africasbook.html
Extensive essays are included on some sites. Has political cartoons from
the "Boer
War." Maintained by Jim
Zwick. http://www.boondocksnet.com/gallery/index.html
Site maintained by the National Historical Society, a U.S.-based membership
organization of history enthusiasts. Use the Search box to locate sites
on the Boer War. Has articles from Military History magazine on
the 1879 Anglo-Zulu War and a dramatic (1879) Zulu reversal at Khambula.
http://www.thehistorynet.com/
In French. The INA houses French archives of radio and TV broadcasts,
has a handful of citations to films/broadcasts related to World War II in
French West Africa; use the Search box. http://orbis.ina.fr/Ina/index.fr.html
Has scanned jpeg files of Zulu War pictures from the Illustrated
London News and The Graphic plus some articles (as jpegs)
from the Illustrated London News. Maintained by Ed Allen. Part
of the Colonial Wargaming Ring. http://tetrad.stanford.edu/hm/Colonials.html
Includes press releases, a brief history, etc. Address:
Private Bag 13307, Windhoek - Republic of Namibia. Tel: 264-61-2049111.
Fax: 264-61-232518. E-Mail: defenceps@mod.gov.na http://www.mod.gov.na/
Articles by Dr. Pankhurst originally published in the newspaper, Addis
Tribune. Topics include World Wars I and II, medical history,
Ethiopian crosses, art, manuscripts, Lalibala, the Aksum Obelisk, Ethiopian
dynastic marriages, etc. http://www.abyssiniacybergateway.net/ethiopia/history/pankhurst.html
Full text of the book, Commando; a Boer journal of the Boer War (probably
1929). "Deneys Reitz served in the Boer forces during the South African
War and, after fighting to the bitter end, chose exile in Madagascar rather
than life under the British flag." Includes a Preface by General J.C.
Smuts who wrote "We have not only an unforgettable picture of mobile
guerrilla warfare, but also an accurate description of life among the Boer
forces." [KF] http://www.ourcivilisation.com/smartboard/shop/reitzd/commando/index.htm
Allport, based in the Netherlands, has a book business. His site contains
his? reviews of books on "Rhodesia" and South Africa military
history and vexillology (the study of flags). There are articles and links
to other Rhodesia and South Africa pages. Has most of the text of
a 1979 report by a Conservative Party (UK) election observer team to
the first one man one vote Zimbabwe elections, text of Ministry of Information
pamphlets published during the civil war, the text of an article "Rhodesian
Insurgency" by J.R.T. Wood covering events to March 1980, a "Brief
History of the Rhodesian Army" by Allport, a 19 page press conference with Ian
Smith in April 1997, etc. http://www.rhodesia.myweb.nl
A publisher of personal accounts of South African conscripts in the South
African Defense Force between 1975 and 1994 with many references to Namibia.
Has links to a web site which contains the discussion
from Army-Talk, an email discussion list on the South African military
(mainly recent events such as Cuito Cuanavale). Has a draft report by Barry
Fowler of his South African Border Duty as a psychologist 22 June-Oct. 1,
1987. Maintained by Barry Fowler of Sentinel Projects. http://www.geocities.com/sadfbook/index.html
"An example of classes and types of British official documents in
the Stanford libraries for the study of African colonial history." Uses
examples of British documents to illustrate how to locate sources for research.
Prepared by John Rawlings, Stanford Univ. Libraries' Africa Bibliographer.
http://www-sul.stanford.edu/depts/ssrg/africa/boers.html
"information relating to the relatively recent history of the South
African Defence Force." Has full text selections of
personal accounts of South African military personnel who served in Angola,
Namibia, and elsewhere. Maintained by Paul Anderson. Part of the
South African Military Web Ring. [KF] http://www.geocities.com/odjobman/index.htm
The site maintained by the African National Congress has the full-text
of primary documents - speeches by Albert J. Lutuli, Oliver Tambo, Mandela,
G. M. Naicker, Yusuf Dadoo, Olof Palme, documents from Umkhonto we Sizwe,
the OAU and the UN, documents concerning women in the struggle, the text
of leaflet bomb fliers, biographies of leaders, etc. http://www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/history/
Based in South Africa, founded in 1966 by a "group of amateur historians".
Has issues of the national and branch newsletters from 1997, the tables
of contents from June 1985 of Military
History Journal and the full text of a few articles, pub.
by the South African National Museum of Military History in assoc. with
the Society, and links to Southern African military history web sites. http://rapidttp.com/milhist/
Full text documents including a chronology 1961-1990
of MK's history. On the African National Congress (South Africa) site. http://www.anc.org.za/ancdocs/history/mk/
Has a search facility for the web site and for their library catalog. Searching
the web site retrieves for ex. information on Somalia. Has bibliographies
on the Herero Uprising (Namibia 1904-1098), on British Colonial Africa and
World War II, and on Congo (Kinshasa) 1960-1965.
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