An ILLUSTRATED HISTORY of BLACK SOUTH AFRICANS in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902

By Johan van Zyl, Rodney Constantine and Tokkie Pretorius, 400 pages, large quarto, d.j., 700 illustrations of which some in colour, Bloemfontein, 2012

Consisting of 700 photographs and other illustrations, some in colour, this is the first photographic record of the significant black involvement in the Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902. Approximately 20 pages of text set the photographs in historical context. The majority of the photographs and illustrations included have never before appeared in print and from the War Museum’s collection. The full range of black involvement is featured, including the life in the concentration camps, blockhouse guards, prisoners of war, black scouts serving with the British and agterryers with the Boer forces.

A unique DVD of the book, consisting of a narrative with many photographs featured in the book and a few from other sources, is also available. As with the book it illustrates the many and varied activities of black South Africans during the Anglo-Boer War.