Clash of Empires Anglo-Zulu War

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Background: When British and 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 Royal Philatelic Society London hosted the largest artefact-driven public exhibition focused on the history and context of the 1879 Anglo-Zulu War with more than 500 postal, historical, and cultural objects related to this Clash of Empires. The exhibition’s narrative began 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.