Impi yaseSandlwana

Impi yaseSandlwana yenzeka mhla zingama-22 kuMasingana ngowe-1879, njengengxenye yeMpi yamaNgisi namaZulu. Kwakuyimpi yokuqala enkulu phakathi koMbuso wamaNgisi noMbuso kaZulu. Ezinsukwini eziyishumi nanye ngemva kokuba amaNgisi eqale ukuhlasela indawo yamaZulu eNingizimu Afrika, ibutho lomdabu lamasosha angaba ngu-20 000 lahlasela ibutho lebutho laseBrithani elalinamadoda angu-1 800, amanye awo ayengama-Afrika futhi mhlawumbe nezakhamuzi ezingu-400. AmaZulu ayehlome ngokuyinhloko ngama-assega, imikhonto enesihloko sensimbi, nezihlangu zesikhumba senkomo, nakuba ayephethe izimbambo nezibhamu ezindala. Amasosha aseBrithani kanye namakholoni ayehlome ngezibhamu zesimanje zeMartini-Henry, izibhamu ezimbili zentaba ezingama-76 mm, kanye nebhethri lamarokhethi e-Hale. Naphezu komehluko omkhulu kubuchwepheshe bezempi, isibalo samasosha akwaZulu sagcina sehlule ibutho lamaNgisi elalingaholwanga kahle futhi elalisatshalaliswa, elashona abangu-1,300, kuhlanganise nabo bonke ababelwa impi. Ibutho likaZulu labala abantu ababalelwa ku-1 000 abafa.