The Zulu iklwa or ixwa is a short spear with a large blade that is used in close combat. Zulu leader Shaka is said to have developed the weapon as one of his revolutionary ideas about fighting ...

On January 22, 1879 — the legendary “Day of the Zulu,” when more than twenty ... The most devastating was the iklwa, or stabbing spear, which is said to be named for the sound it makes ...

The war began with a British invasion of Zululand, and ended with almost 8,000 dead, a British victory and Zulu independence ... in the sale are a spear called an Iklwa, because of the noise ...

Some of the artefacts which were auctioned in Lewes, East Sussex. A collection of artefacts from the Anglo-Zulu war have been auctioned in Sussex on the 135th anniversary of one of the conflict's ...

Zulu said a man was carrying an assegai (spear), and holding it the way people in faction fights do. He was speaking during his bail application, and responding to questions from his lawyer. Zulu is ...