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The Zulu Kingdom (/ ˈ z uː l uː / ZOO-loo; Zulu: KwaZulu), sometimes referred to as the Zulu Empire, 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 the south to the Pongola ...
In 1887 the British annexed Zululand, effectively mediatising the Zulu dynasty as paramount chiefs in the region. [2] The Zulu people and dynasty retained their distinct cultural identity and a measure of independence under the governments of South Africa through the establishment of Zululand as a bantustan and the subsequent abolition of ...
Map of KwaZulu-Natal with municipalities named and districts shaded (2016).svg by Adrian Frith (CC-BY-SA-3.0). South Africa 2011 Zulu speakers proportion map.svg by Adrian Frith (PD). Map of Zululand, Natal, Transvaal (1879).jpg , image extracted from page 91 of British Rule in South Africa.
The Colony of Natal was a British colony in south-eastern Africa. It was proclaimed a British colony on 4 May 1843 after the British government had annexed the Boer Republic of Natalia, and on 31 May 1910 combined with three other colonies to form the Union of South Africa, as one of its provinces. [3] It is now the KwaZulu-Natal province of ...
Zululand (Zulu: KwaZulu) may refer to: Zulu Kingdom (1818–1897) KwaZulu, a Bantustan in South Africa (1981–1994) KwaZulu-Natal, a province of the Republic of South Africa; Zululand District Municipality of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa; Diocese of Zululand, a diocese of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa
The Ndwandwe are a Bantu Nguni-speaking people who populate sections of southern Africa. They are also known as the Nxumalo's They are also known as the Nxumalo's The Ndwandwe, with the Mthethwa , were a significant power in present-day Zululand at the turn of the nineteenth century. [ 1 ]
South Africa responded to the failure of the transfer by temporarily suspending the autonomy of KaNgwane, then restoring it in December 1982 and granting it nominal self-rule in 1984. [ 9 ] [ 10 ] KwaZulu was merged with the surrounding South African province of Natal to form the new province of KwaZulu-Natal .
Image extracted from page 91 of British Rule in South Africa. Illustrated in the Story of Kama and his tribe, and of the war in Zululand, by HOLDEN, William Clifford. Original held and digitised by the British Library. Copied from Flickr.