(In Pictures) Battle of Isandlwana Commemoration

Thousands of Zulu men (known as amabutho) participated in a re-enactment of the battle of Isandlwana. 

This year marks the 144th anniversary of the battle which was the first engagement in the Anglo-Zulu war on January 22,1879. 

It was the greatest triumph in the military history of the Zululand.