What the records say
- When
- 1879 – 1915
- Kind
- War
- Coordinates
- 29.00° S, 24.00° E
- Description
- series of colonial wars fought across what is nowadays South Africa from 1879 to 1915
Placed at the area, not an exact site.
South African Wars (1879–1915)
Series of conflicts
The South African Wars, including but also known as the Confederation Wars, were a series of wars that occurred in the southern portion of the African continent between 1879 and 1915. Ethnic, political, and social tensions between European colonial powers and indigenous Africans led to increasing hostilities, culminating in a series of wars and revolts, which had lasting repercussions on the entire region.
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