Ncome Museum

KwaZulu-Natal


The important Ncome Museum offers the Zulu perspective of the Battle of Blood River, as well as other other conflicts between the Zulu and Boers. The museum takes the shape of traditional buffalo horn attack strategy. A symbolic display of Zulu shields (in metal) represents the Zulu regiments that fought in the battle.


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