VIJN, CORNELIUS, Cetshwayo’s Dutchman, being the private journal of a white trader in Zululand during the British invasion, translated from the Dutch, edited and with preface and notes by J.W. Colenso.

l With a lithographed portait of Cetshwayo from a photo by J. E. Bruton. Cetshwayo (ca1826-1884) was king of Zululand from 1873 to 1879 and its leader during the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879. Cetshwayo consistently opposed the war and sought fruitlessly to make peace with the British, and was defeated and exiled following the Zulu defeat in the war. He was later allowed to return to Zululand, where he died in 1884. Cornelius Vijn, also known as Viljoen (b. 1856) was a Dutch trader who was taken from his homestead as an advisor for Cetshwayo during the Anglo-Zulu War. He would gain fame after publishing his personal journal relating his experience under the Zulu monarch.