History of South Africa podcast
The Birkenhead Drill 'Women and Children First’ tragedy and amaXhosa messages moving at the speed of light
This episode recounts the 1852 sinking of HMS Birkenhead off the coast of South Africa. It covers the maritime disaster's connection to the "women and children first" tradition and its' links to the 8th Frontier War. The episode also details the ship's design as an early…