Word: zulu
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...groups have been hostile since the Ndebele, an offshoot of the Zulu, conquered the Shona during the 19th century...
This systematic disinheritance has been bitterly denounced by Pretoria's critics at home and abroad. Says Zulu Chief Minister Gatsha Buthelezi, who adamantly opposes independence for his native Kwazulu: "We are not prepared to be a participant in this great political confidence trick. We are still South Africans and we will stay that way until we can share in the political decision-making and economic wealth of this great country...
...Krugersdorp where the Boers defied the British and re-established their republic, and at other sites across the nation, white Afrikaners gathered to mark the Day of the Covenant, their Thanksgiving. It was on Dec. 16, 1838, that 470 Afrikaner farmers fought off a raid by 15,000 Zulu warriors, killing 3,000 of the attackers without losing any of their own number. On the eve of the battle, the Afrikaners vowed that if God granted them victory they would ever after commemorate the day as a Sabbath...
...Zulu] Chief [Gatsha] Butelezi is one of those who genuinely opposes withdrawal. But he's been ambiguous on this issue. There was a time when he pleaded for economic pressure--in the days when he was hoping to retain links with the liberation movements. However, he found that the liberation movements weren't acknowledging him, so now he's gone in with the present power structure in terms of sticking with things they'll tolerate. Further than that I wouldn't like to knock him. He's a courageous man who has criticized apartheid consistently...
...They bring in celebrities to host their parades and balls. Others represent local interests. Tulane University students, for instance, have their own "Krewe of Tuck," and members of New Orleans's black community, who participate in the more traditional parades only as "flambeaux" (torch carriers), put on an elaborate "Zulu" parade and ball...