As one of Africa’s most well known African tribes, the history of the Zulu people is as vast as it is interesting.  As a culture they are the descendants of the nguni-speaking people and can trace their history back to the fourteenth century (Zulu).  Prior to its creation, the Zulu nation originally consisted of many separate and smaller tribes spread across the eastern regions of South Africa who were in constant conflict between each other for resources.  It wasn’t until the early 18th century the separate tribes were pulled together into the modern Zulu tribe thanks in part to the efforts of a tribal prince named Shaka (Von Kapff)

            Using his superior tactics and use/inventions of different, more deadly weapons and fighting techniques, Shaka was able to spread across each of the tribes eventually weaving them all under one name; the Zulu tribe (Zulu-Culture). Ruling for the better part of 12 years, Shaka was able to create one of the most powerful tribal empires in the African continent; that was until the late 1800s when the British troops invaded the Zulu territories and, with the help of more powerful modern weapons, divided and disbanded the Zulu lands (Zulu).  To this day the Zulu still exist and continue to pass their lineage from generation to generation.