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The Ancestral Beliefs Of Zulu Tribe by Asapchikki(m): 9:10am On Jun 06, 2020


Zulu is a tribe in Africa also known as Amazulu, they emanated from the Ngunsi of Central Africa, but due to the foreign colonization by the white, they are now regarded as a group in the Bantu tribe of South Africa.

Zulu people regard themselves as ‘the people of the heavens’ and they are the largest ethnic group in South Africa, with over 10 million Zulus living in KwaZulu-Natal. isiZulu is the language of the Zulu people. In the 19th century they merged into a great kingdom under the leadership of Shaka.

African history can never be written so well without a Zulu in the picture, the likes of Shaka Zulu of Zulu land who keyed importantly in the Zulu wars.
Ancestral Beliefs Of Zulu Tribe

The Zulu people have always strongly believed in ancestral spirits referred to amadlozi or abaphansi. They are simply spirits of the dead.

The tribe also believes in the existence of a higher being who they refer to as UMvelinqangi meaning “one who came first”

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Re: The Ancestral Beliefs Of Zulu Tribe by donbachi(m): 9:30am On Jun 06, 2020
Public display of breast is no longer a culture.
Re: The Ancestral Beliefs Of Zulu Tribe by feedthenation(m): 10:19am On Jun 06, 2020
I always wanted to know more about the Zulus
Re: The Ancestral Beliefs Of Zulu Tribe by AeroplaneApple: 11:16am On Jun 06, 2020
Mr Bones
Re: The Ancestral Beliefs Of Zulu Tribe by Iceyjayz: 12:25pm On Jun 06, 2020
And where is the rest?

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