Zulu Dawn:Col Crealock. “Excuse me, my Lord, there's something I must convey to you. I rode along the track down to Rorke's Drift. The sky above is red with fire. Your orders my Lord? Do we move to the drift?”
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The highest award the Zulu King could give and was their equivalent of a VC and the Order of the Garter. About 8 - 9 inches , it is made from cast brass. Three kings used it - Dingaan; Panda and Cetshwayo.
Doe's anyone have a photo or a link to a photo of the Ingxotha.
SAS1
Frank Allewell
Posts : 7770 Join date : 2009-09-21 Age : 74 Location : Cape Town South Africa
Subject: Re: The Ingxotha Wed Mar 03, 2010 5:28 pm
Hi SAS
The KwaZulu Cultural History Museum site will give you a photo and history.
Regards
littlehand
Posts : 7077 Join date : 2009-04-24 Age : 52 Location : Down South.
Subject: Re: The Ingxotha Wed Mar 03, 2010 10:09 pm
The King and all those soldiers and favourites who he gave it to as a special honour wore these gauntlets.
Posts : 205 Join date : 2009-10-20 Age : 73 Location : Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa
Subject: Re: The Ingxotha Thu Mar 04, 2010 6:45 am
Just a correction to the spelling, Gents. It can make a tremendous diference to the translation! Dingaan to Dingane ("The Needy One"); Panda to Mpande ("The Root" or "The Stem"); Cetshwayo means "The Slandered One". Regards, Ken
1879graves
Posts : 3175 Join date : 2009-03-03 Location : Devon
Subject: Re: The Ingxotha Thu Mar 04, 2010 7:24 am
Here are two on display at the oNdini museum - plus a 'bravery bead' necklace (iziqu). Courtesy of I.Knight
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