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The British Colony of Natal annexes Zululand.

Historical image related to The British Colony of Natal annexes Zululand. from December 30, 1897

Colony of Natal

British colony from 1843 to 1910

The Colony of Natal was a British colony in south-eastern Africa. It was proclaimed a British colony on 4 May 1843 after the British government had annexed the Boer Republic of Natalia, and on 31 May 1910 combined with three other colonies to form the Union of South Africa, as…
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Zulu Kingdom

1816–1897 state in southern Africa

The Zulu Kingdom, sometimes referred to as the Zulu Empire, was a monarchy in Southern Africa. During the 1810s, Shaka established a standing army that consolidated rival clans and built a large following which ruled a wide expanse of Southern Africa that extended along the…
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