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Episode 88 – Somerset’s printing press paranoia and Shaka’s Inkatha power
This is episode 88 it’s the period of 1821/1822 heading into a decade of disaster, drought, despondence and disorder.
As we heard last episode, the …
3 years, 9 months ago
Episode 87 – San poison, the world in 1821 and an MP “hectic spectacle"
This is episode 87 and it’s time to talk a bit about the terrifying power of San poison and then a quick revisit to the frontier of 1822 which of cou…
3 years, 9 months ago
Episode 86– Somerset vs Donkin and dueling missions
This is episode 86 and we left off with things heating up along the Orange River after hearing about the arrival of the 1820 Settlers and back in Cap…
3 years, 10 months ago
Episode 85– Honey birds, leopards, gardens of cattle and a bloody ochre harvest
This is episode 85 and as we’ve heard, the English settlers have just arrived in the Albany district – the year is 1820.
It had taken three months a…
3 years, 10 months ago
Episode 84 – The 1820 Settlers ramble among Algoa Bay shrubbery
Between December 1819 and the first quarter of 1820, 21 ships left England and Ireland bound for the Cape carrying five thousand men, women and child…
3 years, 10 months ago
Episode 83 – The amakhosikazi sipper of Cobra venom and the 1820 Settlers
This is episode 83 and Ndwandwe chief Zwide is on the run, being hunted down by Shaka after the defeat on the Mhlathuze.
Zwide was sitting at his mo…
3 years, 10 months ago
Episode 82 – Shaka outfoxes Zwide at the Mhlathuze River
This is episode 82 and we’re picking up the story from where we left off last Episode the Ndwandwe were chasing the AmaZulu down the Mhlathuze Valley…
3 years, 11 months ago
Episode 81 – Shaka orders ladders, Dingiswayo dies and Mzilikazi emerges
This is episode 81 and we’re following the story of the AmaZulu, the Qwabe, the Mkhize, the Ndwandwe and the Mthethwa circa 1819.
By this time, the…
3 years, 11 months ago
Episode 80 – Sambela the Mkhize psychopath and the Zulu cadet system evolves
Last episode we heard how the Xhosa wardoctor had failed in his attempt at chasing the colonials out of his territory – the Albany region, and now re…
3 years, 11 months ago
Episode 79 – The Wardoctor is defeated and Willshire does a deal with Hintsa
This is episode 79.
Nxele the Wardoctor and 10 000 warriors failed in their attempt at overrunning Grahamstown – now they’re on the run.
Three of Nd…
3 years, 11 months ago