The K****r Wars 1779 - 1877

The K****r Wars 1779 -  1877, Leo Cooper Military Publishers, illustrated, illustrated, 288 pages, gereral index & index of regiments, 14.5 cms x 22.5 cms, apart from previous owner's printed labels , condition: as new.

The Xhosa Wars (also known as the Cape Frontier Wars or the K****ir Wars) were a series of nine wars (from 1779 to 1879) between the Xhosa and the British as well as Trekboers in the Eastern Cape.These events were the longest-running military action in the history of European colonialism in Africa.

The reality of the conflicts between the Europeans and Xhosa involves a balance of tension. At times, tensions existed between the various Europeans in the Cape region, tensions between Empire administration and colonial governments, and tensions within the Xhosa Kingdom, e.g. chiefs rivalling each other, which usually led to Europeans taking advantage of the situation to meddle in Xhosa politics. A perfect example of this is the case of chief Ngqika and his uncle, chief Ndlambe.

The conflicts between the Xhosa and British were covered extensively in the metropolitan British press, generating increased demand among the British public for information about their country's far-off colonial conflicts.