The infamous battle, the first clash of the war more than a century ago, saw 3,000 Zulu warriors killed and an entire British force wiped out on January 22, 1879.

Amabutho (Zulu warriors) headmen and chiefs in full regalia. The Zulu tribe is one of the most widely known tribes in Africa, mainly because of the very vital part that it played in the continent ...

DURBAN, South Africa (AFP) - Carrying Zulu warrior shields and draped in leopard skins, the men of South Africa's Shembe Church move hypnotically as they go through the steps of a traditional ...

DURBAN, South Africa — In the turbulent world of South African politics, Mangosuthu Buthelezi is making his last stand, and he is summoning his tribe’s ancient warrior tradition to the … ...

Nothing about those outfits resembled a Zulu warrior." Mr Gumede said the society was receptive to his suggestions, and he did not believe anybody had intended to cause offence.

Zulu warriors who killed more than 1,300 British troops in the "Empire's longest day" are to be honoured with an official memorial in South Africa.