Bronze memorial to Zulu warriors killed at Shiyane/Rorkes Drift in a fierce battle with British soldiers on the 22 and 23 January 1879. Their shields symbolically cover the bodies of the fallen warriors, as was traditional. A leopard – the king – rests proudly on them and from the middle grows a buffalo tree, the thorns of which grow in pairs, one is curved and harks to the past, one is straight and speaks to the future. Branches of the tree are used to ‘sweep’ up the spirits of the slain so that they can be taken home to the ancestors. Behind is part of a cattle byre, symbolising traditional burial. Peter Hall was the sculptor. 8 August 2014 (NK3_0636)