LABAND, John (Paul Clow)

LABAND, John (Paul Clow). South African, b. 1947. Genres: History, Third World. Career: University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa, temporary lecturer, 1972-73, lecturer, 1974-81, senior lecturer, 1982-89, associate professor, 1990-95, professor of history, 1996-, head of Department of Historical Studies, 1996-. Publications: (with J. Wright) King Cetshwayo kaMpande, 1983; Fight Us in the Open: The Anglo-Zulu War through Zulu Eyes, 1985; The Battle of Ulundi, 1988; (with J. Mathews) Isandlwana, 1992; Kingdom in Crisis: The Zulu Response to the British Invasion of 1879, 1992; Rope of Sand: The Rise and Fall of the Zulu Kingdom in the Nineteenth Century, 1995, in U.S. & U.K. as The Rise and Fall of the Zulu Nation, 1997; (with I. Knight) The War Correspondents: The Anglo-Zulu War, 1996. WITH P.S. THOMPSON: A Field Guide to the War in Zululand 1879, 1979; War Comes to Umvoti: The Natal-Zululand Border, 1878-9, 1980; Field Guide to the War in Zululand and the Defense of Natal 1879, 1983; The Buffalo Border 1879: The Anglo-Zulu War in Northern Natal, 1983; Kingdom and Colony at War: Sixteen Studies on the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879, 1990. EDITOR: (with R. Haswell) Pietermaritzburg 1838-1988: A New Portrait of an African City, 1988; (with D.C.F. Moodie) Moodie's Zulu War, 1988; (with Major Ashe and Captain E.V. Wyatt-Edgell) The Story of the Zulu Campaign, 1989; Lord Chelmsford's Zululand Campaign, 1878-1879, 1994. Address: Historical Studies, School of Human and Social Studies, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, Private Bag X01, Scottsville 3209, Republic of South Africa. Online address: Laband@history.unp.ac.za