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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 ...
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. [4][5] They originated from Nguni communities who took part in the Bantu migrations over millennia.
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 Zulu Nation, his consorts, and all of his legitimate descendants. The legitimate descendants of all previous kings are also sometimes considered to be members.
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 ...
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
The King of the Zulu Nation (IsiZulu: Isilo Samabandla Onke or Ingonyama yamaZulu [1]) or simply the Zulu King, is the paramount subnational traditional leader of the amaZulu ethnolinguistic group in and the ceremonial Monarch of the KwaZulu-Natal province of South Africa. [2]
Shaka Zulu, the first Zulu king, had through war and conquest built the small Zulu tribe into the Zulu Kingdom, which by 1825 encompassed an area of around 11,500 square miles (30,000 km 2). In 1828 he was assassinated at Dukuza by one of his inDunas and two of his half-brothers, one of whom, Dinggh kaSenzangakhona , succeeded him as king.
The Boer republics (sometimes also referred to as Boer states) were independent, self-governing republics formed (especially in the last half of the 19th century) by Dutch -speaking inhabitants of the Cape Colony and their descendants. The founders – variously named Trekboers, Boers, and Voortrekkers – settled mainly in the middle, northern ...