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The Zulu people are the largest ethnic group and nation in South Africa, with an estimated 14.39 million people, in total of which 13.78 million people live in South Africa, mainly in the province of KwaZulu-Natal. [3][4] They originated from Nguni communities who took part in the Bantu migrations over millennia.
The Zulu Kingdom (/ ˈ z uː l uː / ZOO-loo; Zulu: KwaZulu), sometimes referred to as the Zulu Empire or the Kingdom of Zululand, was a monarchy in Southern Africa.During the 1810s, Shaka established a standing army that consolidated rival clans and built a large following which ruled a wide expanse of Southern Africa that extended along the coast of the Indian Ocean from the Tugela River in ...
Titles. King, natively: Ingonyama yamaZulu. The Zulu royal family, also known as the House of Zulu (Zulu: abakwaZulu, lit. 'people of the place of Zulu') [1] consists of the king of the Zulus, his consorts, and all of his legitimate descendants. The legitimate descendants of all previous kings are also sometimes considered to be members.
When Malandela died, he divided the kingdom into two clans, the Qwabe and the Zulu. Zulu I kaMalandela (c. 1627 – c. 1709), founder of the clan [2] Nkosinkulu kaZulu I; Ntombela kaNkosinkulu; Zulu II kaNtombela; Gumede kaZulu; Phunga kaGumede (c. 1657 – c. 1727) [2] Mageba kaGumede (c. 1667 – c. 1745), son of Gumede, chief c. 1727 to c. 1745
Misuzulu Sinqobile kaZwelithini [1] (born 23 September 1974) is the reigning King of the Zulu nation. Misuzulu is the second-oldest surviving son of King Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu, and Great Wife, Queen Mantfombi Dlamini Zulu. Misuzulu became heir presumptive after the death of his father on 12 March 2021. [2] [3]
History of South Africa. Shaka Zulu in traditional Zulu military garb. During the Napoleonic Wars, the Cape Colony was annexed [citation needed] by the British and officially became their colony in 1815. Britain encouraged [citation needed] settlers to the Cape, and in particular, sponsored the 1820 Settlers to farm in the disputed area between ...
Afrika Bambaataa (left) with DJ Yutaka of Zulu Nation Japan, 2004. The Universal Zulu Nation is an international hip hop awareness group formed by Hip Hop artist Afrika Bambaataa. [1]: 101. According to the website of the UZN, the Zulu Nation stands for "knowledge, wisdom, understanding, freedom, justice, equality, peace, unity, love, respect ...
Abantu is the Xhosa and Zulu word for people. It is the plural of the word 'umuntu', meaning 'person', and is based on the stem '--ntu', plus the plural prefix 'aba'. [6] In linguistics, the word Bantu, for the language families and its speakers, is an artificial term based on the reconstructed Proto-Bantu term for "people" or "humans".