FAB-ME-MAG-VERSION-ANGLAISE_N-0001-MAY JUNE-2017

ZULU PEOPLE
The "Ama Zulu" Zulus were originally
a minor clan, founded in 1709 by Zulu
kaNtombhela, in what is now.
KwaZulu-Natal. This tribe is the most
famous in South Africa and their
traditions are still alive today, and
express themselves through music,
dance and crafts.
The Creation of the Kingdom by
CHAKA ZULU was the illegitimate
son of Senzangakona, then Chief of the
Zulus. His mother, Nandi, were exiled
by Senzangakona, and found refuge in
another tribe - the Mthethwa.
He set up a formidable army with the
more experienced trustworthy soldiers
strategies in the world. He enlisted
men by age group in regiments,
requires discipline and rigour in the
ranks, to serve a very advanced
military strategy. The army gathered in
a semicircle: in the Center, the soldiers
experienced. On the wings, the young
warriors who have to surprise their
opponents by their mobility and
surround them quickly; at the rear, the
old hands who complete work if
needed. Shaka thus conquered many
Territories, likened the new
populations, up to transform a
confederation of tribes into a unified
and homogeneous, Kingdom all this in
10 years! When Senzangakona died,
Dinswayo her mentor aida Chaka to
take the head of the Zulu tribe. The
Zulus speak the Zulu language or
isiZulu, a Bantu language. It is the
most spoken language in South Africa,
it is the official language of the
country.
More than half of the population
understand it, more than 9 million
people are native Zulu and more than
15 million speak it fluently. A part of
the South African end of the Zulu tribe
speaks their mother tongue as English,
Portuguese, the tsonga, sotho and
other languages in South Africa. Some
say that the Zulus have developed an
extraordinary vocal tradition because
lack of large trees, they could
manufacture of instruments. This
tradition has evolved, incorporating
religious songs for four voices made by
European settlers. Siyahamba fits
during the songs of cappella devotion.
His words mean: "we walk in the light
of God." Music and the Zulu dance
worldwide aired through covers of
traditional songs such as "the lion is
dead tonight" and the international
artist Johnny Clegg.
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