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    Africa During Colonialism

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    Africa‚ the Zulu kingdom would be formed‚ and in Western Africa‚ an Islamic caliphate‚ Sokoto Caliphate would be formed. Many of these civilizations were being formed by a bunch of African peoples around the continent. At first‚ in Southern Africa‚ there were the Nguni people‚ just farmers and cattle herders that existed for a very long time. Soon‚ however‚ a drought would strike‚ hurting their agriculture. This caused the end of the Nguni people. A military genius and leader‚ Shaka Zulu would take

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    James Madison High School October Global Dear Diary‚ Their leader Shaka had planted all his ideas and teachings into the Zulu people and because of him‚ they had this fearless persona about them to. All they were known for was wreaking havoc and growing their already growing empires with trained a killer‚ which was going to be a problem. I resented the British Laws that was

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    (Mm-tun-zee-nee) is a small coastal town that is situated almost exactly halfway along KwaZulu-Natal’s coastline in South Africa approximately 140 km north of Durban. The name is an isiZulu word meaning place in the shade. After the breakup of the Zulu Kingdom after the Anglo-Zulu War‚ Sir Garnet Wolseley created 13 ’kinglets’ - with two strategically located as buffer zones between Port Natal and Zululand. One of these kinglets was John Dunn who used Mtunzini as his capital. Umlalazi Lagoon at dusk In 1948

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    it they did not know who they were or what they stood for. For example‚ in the Zulu nation virginity testing was banned and this led to a movement to have the ban removed. In an article for the New York Times‚ Sharon LaFraniere writes‚ “In Pietermaritzburg and in Durban‚ hundreds of bare-breasted women and girls in traditional Zulu short skirts and beaded necklaces marched in opposition to the ban.” (LaFraniere) The Zulu women here are fighting the ban places on an ancient tradition where women were

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    Language Diversity

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    P age |1 Janine Wiggill( Student No:30147794) Unit 1: Language as a process Assignment 02 Observe & Interview / Exploring language diversity where you live Task 1: Observe your community I live on a farm in the Kwa-Zulu Natal Midlands. I spent three mornings on a building site observing three builders from the local community at work. (please refer to Image 1 below) IMAGE 1 “SPARAK ‚ HAMILTON AND SIMPHIWE ON A BUILDING SITE IN LIDGETTON‚ KZN MIDLANDS Prior to spending time observing the men‚ I

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    Lion's Creed

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    Chapter 1: The Savage Listen good‚ my children; this is a story of my past‚ and it takes place when I was a little whelp‚ like you‚ in a village in Africa. We might be in chains now‚ but free your ears of the shackles of slavery and listen closely. This is a tale of a man called Credo‚ a brave man‚ a strong man. Once‚ not so long ago‚ there were these two men‚ strong as lions fighting over territory in the savannahs of the African continent‚ a man called Credo‚ and a man called Kha’Jin. But this

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    Ndebele People in Zimbabwe

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    Ndebele people are dispersed widely across Zimbabwe and South African’s Transvaal Province and is descendents of the same tribe as the Zulu and Xhosa people. The history of the Ndebele people can be traced back to Mafana‚ their first chief. Manfana’s successor‚ Mhlanga‚ had a son named Musi who‚ in the early 1600’s‚ decided to move away from his cousins‚ later became the Zulu nation‚ and to settle near the hills of Gauteng where the capital of Pretoria is located. After the death of Chief Musi‚ his two

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    Zulu Dance

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    Essay on Zulu dance According to Zulu Culture.com‚ thousands of Zulu virgins dance at the Enyokeni Zulu Royal Palace each September at the Reed Dance Festival‚ or Umkhosi Womhlanga. The tradition begins with the virgin maids gathering reeds from the river and bringing them to the Zulu king. The girls dance with the reeds in front of the king‚ and then he chooses his bride. Besides the bride choice‚ one of the main purposes of this ritual was to encourage girls to remain virgins until marriage.

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    Shaka and Zulu

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    The extreme pressure for the Zulu to find new land because of drought caused an expansion in territory and led to a series of wars for control which was dubbed Mfecane. The Mfecane was a period of warfare between different ethnic groups which led to many changes in the political structure of Southern Africa. This series of wars called the Mfecane was revolutionary during 1817-1828 (www.bbc.co.uk) and it was mainly due to the abolition of the Trans – Atlantic slave trade‚ coupled with the increase

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    Shaka Zulu

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    Shaka Zulu was a fierce warrior‚ brilliant military strategist‚ Leader expecting complete fearlessness from his warriors‚ and a murderous ruler. The Zulu nation today still takes pride in this revolutionary leader‚ who carved out the Zulu empire from simple beginnings. But Shaka was also brutal and fearless. During his reign he would execute men at will. The constant wars Shaka engaged in and the arbitrary executions eventually led to his downfall‚ when he was stabbed to death by a half-brother.

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