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Zulu Law

Zulu legislature. I might face some backlash here for writing this in English but I feel some things are better expressed in certain languages for a particular effect & should you wish to translate it into your language whether it be Zulu, Swahili, Ndebele, Portuguese or French - there's a Google translate tool somewhere on this blog. N. B.: This is not the legislature of the KwaZulu Bantustan but rather some laws of precolonial Zululand.  As we all know, the Zulu Empire came into fame in the 19th century when the "relatively insignificant" Zulu tribe expanded it's influence to over six times it's area through conquest & assimilation. Villagers & children would spend their days herding livestock, planting crops, preparing firewood & fetching water. Boys would usually herd livestock, occasionally hunt & prepare to join the regional amabutho. Before the wars of what is now called "Mfecane", the boys would be circumcised** by eld...