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Zululand
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Zululand , historic region and home of the Zulus...NE KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Zululand is bordered by the Indian Ocean on the...depends primarily on cattle raising. Zululand's two major commercial crops, sugarcane...
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Mzilikazi
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...cattle captured in a raid, Mzilikazi fled Zululand. With a few hundred warriors he began...by incorporating Nguni refugees from Zululand, his Ndebele state became the dominant...supplemented by A.T. Bryant, Olden Times in Zululand and Natal (1929), and J.D. Omer...
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Zulu War
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History
...from the Zulu ruler and then invaded Zululand in January 1879. The British government...was not Britain's intention to annex Zululand so the country was first split into thirteen...recognize their claims over a portion of Zululand and the remaining Zulu territory was...
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Dingane
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...settlement became a place of refuge for thousands of deserters from Zululand. In 1830 Dingane had sent an embassy to the Cape, but the...It should be read with Alfred T. Bryant, Olden Times in Zululand and Natal (1929); Donald R. Morris, The Washing of the...
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Max Gluckman
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...conflicting forces. In 1936-1938 Gluckman carried out fieldwork in Zululand. His chief interests were the study of African legal systems...relatively stable forms of conflict characteristic of pre-colonial Zululand and the much more complicated and volatile colonial situation...
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Cetshwayo
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...harvesting seasons. In August he was defeated and exiled and Zululand was divided into 13 petty kingdoms under appointed rulers...discussions, and in 1883 he was restored to the central portion of Zululand. By then deep divisions had opened within Zulu society. In...
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Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...chief, he served as chief minister of the bantustan KwaZulu (1970-94, initially as head of the Zululand Territorial Authority; see Zululand ) but opposed independence for the territory. Originally an activist within the African National Congress...
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Zulu
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures Supplement
...northern part of KwaZulu-Natal Province, formerly known as Zululand. Today Zulu "ethnic" identity is linked to the language...short-lived. The Boers later annexed the western part of Zululand in an attempt to form a Boer republic. Brutality and mistrust...
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Plomer, William
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...farmer, settling in the Stormberg Mountains and joining a local Settler's Association. He also worked as a trader with Zululand. In 1926 Plomer and Roy Campbell founded the satirical magazine Voorslag ("Whiplash") and were later joined in the venture...
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Tsonga
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures Supplement
...southern Mozambique from the sixteenth century until 1824, when the Shangana (named after their leader Soshangana) fled from Zululand after their defeat by the Zulu king, Shaka. The Shangana subjugated and assimilated Tsonga tribes. Some tribes fled to the...
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