Kunezinhlobo eziningi zezokuvakasha ezifanelana nokunambitheka okuhlukile. Kulokhu, sizoya e -Afrika hhayi ngenjongo yokuvakasha, kodwa ukuze sifunde kabanzi ngabantu namasiko ayo. Sizokwenza ezokuvakasha ze-ethnographic ezigxile kubantu baseZulu.
AmaZulu mhlawumbe ayiqembu elikhulu kunawo wonke elizimele elivela e-Afrika . Ahlala kakhulu eNatali, eNingizimu Afrika , kodwa atholakala nakwezinye izindawo, njengeLesotho , lapho ehlakazeke khona, eningizimu yeMalawi , naseningizimu yeMozambique . Ulimi lwawo isiZulu, oluyingxenye yegatsha lamaBantu leqembu laseBenue-Congo, yize abaningi bekhuluma isiNgisi.
Abantu baseZulu badlale indima ebalulekile empilweni yezepolitiki neyezenhlalo yekhulu lama-20, naphezu kokubandlululwa kakhulu eNingizimu Afrika ngesikhathi sobandlululo , njengoba umholi wabo, uButheleci, wayeyimbangi kaNelson Mandela. Ngaphezu kwalokho, behliselwa ekubeni yizakhamuzi zesigaba sesibili.
Umnotho wawo usekelwe emfuyweni, kepha ukukhuliswa kwemihlambi emikhulu yezinkomo akuwona umsebenzi othuthukile futhi ohleleke ngokuphelele, osebenzela kakhulu ukuziphilisa okuyingozi. Ngenkathi amadoda ephethe imfuyo, abesifazane baphethe umsebenzi wezolimo. Futhi yibo abathwala umthwalo omkhulu wezomnotho esimeni somndeni.
Ngaphambi kokufika kwezithunywa zevangeli ezingamaKrestu, amaZulu ayebhula ukuze abize okhokho bawo futhi athonye imimoya yawo . Lezi zenzo zokubhula zenziwa ngabesifazane abahlonishwa kakhulu emphakathini. Lapho sebehlangane nobuKristu, izinkolelo zamaZulu zahlangana nezimiso zamaKatolika. Isibonelo salokhu yisonto noma ihlelo elizimele lase-Afrika eliholwa ngu-Isaiah Shambhe, obhekwa njengoMesiya, elihlanganisa amasiko ase-Afrika. Kukhona futhi abantu abangamaWeseli abangamaphesenti ayi-7 phakathi kwamaZulu.
Izifundo ze-anthropology zinikezele ngamaphrojekthi amaningi ocwaningo emikhosini yokuthwasa kwamaZulu. Isibonelo, kukhona indaba yokulwa kwamaXhosa , ogama lawo livela esizweni esinegama elifanayo. Lokhu kulwa, noma umdlalo, kumelela ukudlulela ebudaleni . Izingane zamaZulu ezineminyaka emihlanu noma eyisithupha ubudala ziqaliswa ukulwa ngezinduku, ngaleyo ndlela ziqeqeshwa ikusasa. Lapho sezineminyaka eyishumi nanhlanu, umndeni uthatha abafana abancane bamaZulu ubayise ehlathini lapho bezolwa khona nabanye abafana, futhi babhekane nezilwane zasendle.
Ngenxa yabezindaba, omunye wamakhosi abo anonya kakhulu waziwa: uShaka Zulu , owayebizwa ngokuthi "uNapoleon Omnyama" ngenxa yonya lwakhe empini kanye nobuciko bakhe besu lezempi. Kodwa naphezu kwezingxabano zabo kanye nezikhathi ezivusa amadlingozi, isiko lamaZulu liyaqhubeka nokuhlakulela amasiko amahle, njengomculo okwazi ukudlulisa imizwa yawo ejulile.