The Zulu Clan A Great and Mighty War Nation
People have always wondered about the lifestyle and the formation of a Zulu clan. This is a South African clan that made its mark when it overcame an army of 2500 men well armed from England. The army was equipped with those days cannons and muskets, but to their surprise appeared 20, 000 Zulu clan soldiers who destroyed them.
This has gone down to history as the well known battle that the Zulu clan ever defeated. Its no wonder when people claim that they are from the Zulu clan we expect the same spirit of uShaka in them, because the 20,000 soldiers who fought in this war, where well trained by king Shaka Zulu.
The Zulu clan have been involved in quite a few wars in the past history; namely
Rorke’s Drift: The Zulu War 1879
Isandhlwana to Ulundi
Rorke’s Drift – A Victorian Epic
With his might King Shaka managed to bring together the tribes of KwaZulu Natal (Nguni) under one umbrella. And that is why he ended up having a powerful empire of up to 20,000 soldiers. After he had taken together a roaring empire Shaka gave the clan a name of operation, Shaka 's Emperor . In the early 19th Century under the Shaka Emperor, the Zulu clan had grown to become a great nation and the most powerful and feared fighting force in all of South Africa.
KwaZulu Natal Municipalities & Ministers
What is clan
The formation of a Zulu clan comes from the Nguni people. Nguni people are different; language, culture, lifestyle and beliefs, bur they all belong under the Zulu clan. That's the reason why it is quoted that Shaka recruited Nguni people to his empire and named them the Zulu clan.
In Zulu culture today, we say you belong to a certain Zulu clan, because of our surnames. For example if one says he is Dlamini, we know that he is from the clan of the Nkosi. This is taken from olden days when every clan used to have a leader and Zulu people will be known by the clan's name.