ZULU

(amaZulu, Zulu, Zulus)

Province of KwaZulu (South Africa)

The Zulu is an African ethnic group of approximately 11 million people who live mainly in the native province of KwaZulu, in South Africa.

Its language, isiZulu, are a derivative of the Bantu language; concretely, part of the sub-group of Nguni.

The kingdom of Zulu played a very important role in the history of South Africa during century XIX. During the process of segmentation or separation (APARTHEID) of South Africa (I am carried out on years 1941 and 1991), the members of the Zulu ethnic group were classified as citizen of second class and for that reason seriously they were discriminated. Nowadays, they are one of the most numerous ethnic groups of the country, and have such right that any other inhabitant of South Africa.

The Zulus was originally to clar minority proviniente of where at the moment they are the territories of the native province of KwaZulu, founded in 1709 by Zulu Kantombhela. In the language of the Zulu, Zulu means sky. In this point, the area fué occupied by many tribes small and Nguni clans (also called imzi). The Nguni tribes had migrated of the coast this of Africa did thousands of years, probably arriving at the present South Africa on year 800 a.C.