John Paul Clow Laband (born 18 March 1947 in
Johannesburg) is a South African historian and writer, specialising in
Anglo-Zulu and
Boers war
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s. He has taught at universities in South Africa, England and Canada.
In particular he has been Professor of History at
Wilfrid Laurier University, Canada, and a Research Associate of the
University of KwaZulu-Natal.
Biography
Laband has published many books about the military history of southern Africa and the history of the
Zulu nation and the
Anglo-Zulu war of 1879 in particular. He is now
Professor Emeritus at Wilfrid Laurier University]; and is a Life Member of Clare Hall,
Cambridge University, England.
Bibliography (not exhaustive)
* ''Fight Us in the Open; The Anglo-Zulu War Through Zulu Eyes'', Pietermaritzburg, 1985
* ''Kingdom in Crisis: The Zulu Response to the British Invasion of 1879'', 1992
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* ''Isandlwana'', KwaZulu Monuments Council series, 1992
* ''Lord Chelmsford's Zululand Campaign 1878–1879'', Army Records Society
The Army Records Society is a text publication society for the history of the British Army. The society was established in 1984 and is a registered charity. To date (October 2022) the society has issued 41 volumes of material.
Selected publication ...
, 1994
* ''Rope of Sand: The Rise and Fall of the Zulu Kingdom in the Nineteenth Century'', 1995, Jonathan Ball Publishers SA,
* ''The Illustrated Guide to the Anglo-Zulu War'', 2000, with Paul Thompson, University of KwaZulu-Natal Press,
* ''The Atlas of the Later Zulu Wars, 1883–1888'', 2001, University of KwaZulu-Natal Press,
* ''The Transvaal Rebellion: The First Boer War 1880–1881'', Taylor & Francis Ltd,
* ''The Battle of Majuba Hill: The Transvaal Campaign, 1880–1881'', Helion & Company,
* ''Daily Lives Of Civilians in Wartime Africa'', 2007,
* ''Historical Dictionary of the Zulu Wars'', Scarecrow Press,
* ''Zulu Warriors: The Battle for the South African Frontier'', Yale University Press,
* ''The assassination of King Shaka'', Jonathan Ball Publishers SA,
* ''Zulu Identities: Being Zulu, Past and Present'', with Benedict Carton
Benedict Carton is associate professor of history at George Mason University. He is a specialist in the history of Southern Africa and the author of ''Blood from Your Children: Colonial Origins of Generational Conflict in South Africa'' (Universit ...
and Jabulani Sithole, C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd,
* ''The eight Zulu kings: From Shaka to Goodwill Zwelithini'', Jonathan Ball Publishers SA,
* ''The Fall of Rorke's Drift: An Alternate History of the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879'', Greenhill Books,
* ''Bringers of War'', Pen & Sword Books Ltd,
* ''The A to Z of the Zulu Wars'', Scarecrow Press,
* with Timothy J. Stapleton, ''Encyclopedia of African Colonial Conflicts'', 2 volumes, ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, California, 2016
Further reading
* John Gooch, ''The Boer War: Direction, Experience, and Image'', University of Leeds, p. 107-126, 2000
* Adrian Greaves, ''The Tribe That Washed Its Spears: The Zulus at War'', Pen & Sword Military, 2013
* Harold E. Raugh, Jr., ''Anglo-Zulu War, 1879: A Selected Bibliography'', Scarecrow Press, 2011
* Stephen M. Miller, ''Soldiers and Settlers in Africa: 1850 – 1918'', 2009
* Keith Smith, ''Dead Was Everything: Studies in the Anglo-Zulu War'', Frontline Books, 2014
References
External links
encyclopedia.com article
Author page on Pen and Sword
* Library of Congressbr>
Military historians
1947 births
20th-century non-fiction writers
21st-century non-fiction writers
20th-century South African writers
21st-century South African writers
Living people
Wilfrid Laurier University faculty
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