The Day of the Dead Moon, five cassette tapes of the story of the battle of Isandlwana, written and narrated by David Rattray (Fugitives' Drift Productions; 1994).
Dates
- Creation: 1994
Extent
5 items
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Afr. r. 252].
Shelfmark:
MSS. Afr. r. 252
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 3851
Biographical / Historical
David Rattray (1958-2007) was raised at Rorke's Drift and in 1989 returned to the family-owned farm there. An authority on the Anglo-Zulu War, he was also a trustee of the John Voelcker Bird Book Fund, Magqubu Ntombela Foundation and Siyasisiza Trust. In 1998 he was elected a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and in 1999 he received the Ness Award in recognition of his work in widening the popular understanding of Zulu cultures in southern Africa. In 2001 he delivered the inaugural lecture of the Laurens Van Der Post Memorial Lecture series at St. James's Palace.
Other Finding Aids
The library holds a card index of all manuscript collections in its reading room.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The cassette tapes were donated to the library by Rattray in January 1997.
- Title
- Audio cassettes on the Battle of Isandlwana
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Paul Davidson
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Weston Library
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
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