Sawubona (Hello in Zulu)! Today is the opening day for the exhibition. After eight years of hard work, we are excited to share over 500 artefacts and the context of this engaging history. We are also releasing the exhibition’s book for sale. Pictures below….
If you can make the journey to 15 Abchurch Lane in the City of London over the next month, you won’t regret it! It’s free general admission from today through 31 July (except closed on Sundays).
Don’t forget to reserve your Clash of Empires Symposium Tickets. Taking place from 12-15 July – this will be a once-in-a-generation event focused on the Anglo-Zulu War and Victorian military history.
A sneak preview of the deluxe edition (limited to just 500 copies). Available for sale at the exhibition now. If you can’t visit the exhibition, we’ll have an option next week for buying the book online and having it shipped to you. A softcover version is also arriving next week.
Come and experience Clash of Empires: the 1879 Anglo-Zulu War!
A sneak peek at the gallery
When British & Colonial forces invaded the Zulu Kingdom on 11 January 1879, they ignited one of the most famous conflicts of the Victorian era. In July 2023, the Spear Museum of Philatelic History at the Royal Philatelic Society London will host a public exhibition displaying more than 500 postal, historical, and cultural objects exploring the context, history, and ongoing legacy of this Clash of Empires. The exhibition’s narrative will begin in the early years of the 19th century with the emergence of King Shaka kaSenzangakhona and the rise of the Zulu Kingdom and go all the way through to 2019, 140-years after the start of the 1879 Anglo-Zulu War. The depth and scope of this exhibition is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to see the intertwined stories of this important history told through hundreds of artefacts.
At the heart of the upcoming Clash of Empires: The 1879 Anglo-Zulu War museum exhibition (www.clashofempires.org) is a four-day symposium focusing on a wide range of topics related to the Anglo-Zulu War, Context Philately, Victorian military history, Zulu history and more. Over 30 speakers are coming from across the world to present and engage with symposium attendees. If you are interested in history, culture, and learning – this symposium is for you. Truly a once-in-a-generation event focused on Anglo-Zulu history!
Symposium Speakers Include…..
From the UK-
Neil Aspinshaw, leading expert on the Martini-Henry rifle & author of The Martini-Henry, For Queen and Empire
Kate Birbeck, author of Alan Gardner – Rifle and Spear with the Zulu & launching her new book – Addiscombe Military College and the Cadets who Forged an Empire
-Neil Thornton, co-author of Witnesses at Isandlwana: 22 January 1879
Lee Stevenson & Ian Knight – co-authors of Rorke’s Drift by Those Who Were There
Colin Matheson –author of ZULU: Water Cart Rescue (A Graphic Novel)
From South Africa –
–Professor John Laband, leading academic historian and author
–NomaVenda Mathiane, author of Eyes in the Night: An Untold Zulu Story
–Lindizwe Ngobese, great-great grandson of Inkosi Sihayo and AZW battlefield tour guide
From Australia –
-Brad Manera, Senior Historian and Curator of the Anzac Memorial in Hyde Park, Sydney
-Cam Simpson, author of The Frontier Light Horse in the Anglo-Zulu War 1879
From the United States –
-Michael Denigan, co-author of Witnesses at Isandlwana: 22 January 1879
–Colonel (ret) Richard Hooker, military historian, strategist and former dean of the NATO Defense College in Rome
-James Mace, historian and the author of over thirty books including five focused on the Anglo-Zulu War
-Christopher Smith, postal historian
–General (ret) Mick Zais, philatelist and former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Education
At the heart of the upcoming Clash of Empires: The 1879 Anglo-Zulu War museum exhibition (www.clashofempires.org) is a four-day symposium focusing on a wide range of topics related to the Anglo-Zulu War, Context Philately, Victorian military history, Zulu history and more. Over 30 speakers are coming from across the world to present and engage with symposium attendees. If you are interested in history, culture, and learning – this symposium is for you. Truly a once-in-a-generation event focused on Anglo-Zulu history!
Symposium Speakers Include…..
From the UK-
Neil Aspinshaw, leading expert on the Martini-Henry rifle & author of The Martini-Henry, For Queen and Empire
Kate Birbeck, author of Alan Gardner – Rifle and Spear with the Zulu & launching her new book – Addiscombe Military College and the Cadets who Forged an Empire
-Neil Thornton, co-author of Witnesses at Isandlwana: 22 January 1879
Lee Stevenson & Ian Knight – co-authors of Rorke’s Drift by Those Who Were There
Colin Matheson –author of ZULU: Water Cart Rescue (A Graphic Novel)
From South Africa –
–Professor John Laband, leading academic historian and author
–NomaVenda Mathiane, author of Eyes in the Night: An Untold Zulu Story
–Lindizwe Ngobese, great-great grandson of Inkosi Sihayo and AZW battlefield tour guide
From Australia –
-Brad Manera, Senior Historian and Curator of the Anzac Memorial in Hyde Park, Sydney
-Cam Simpson, author of The Frontier Light Horse in the Anglo-Zulu War 1879
From the United States –
-Michael Denigan, co-author of Witnesses at Isandlwana: 22 January 1879
–Colonel (ret) Richard Hooker, military historian, strategist and former dean of the NATO Defense College in Rome
-James Mace, historian and the author of over thirty books including five focused on the Anglo-Zulu War
-Christopher Smith, postal historian
–General (ret) Mick Zais, philatelist and former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Education
