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The Zulu are one of the most famous ethnic communities in Africa and possibly one of the most misunderstood. Obviously that arrives almost entirely to the actual fact that Western european colonial powers encountered the powerful group in the 19th hundred years and found that they were more than willing to withstand and fight them. In the height of its power in the southern part of Africa, the Zulu could count on an army of 40,000 warriors, showing a formidable obstacle to the designs of the British, who eventually engaged in a full-scale turmoil with the Zulu because of the own geopolitical concerns. When the fighting started at the beginning of 1879, British isles military head Lord Chelmsford promised, "'If I am called upon to conduct operations against them, I will strive to be in a position showing them how hopelessly second-rate they are to us in struggling with power, altho' numerically stronger." Significantly less than 10 days later, Chelmsford possessed lost nearly 33 percent of his struggling with force at the Struggle of Isandlwana, but the British began to consider the Zulu more really and subdued the Zulu country in the period of five calendar months. The military turmoil helped immortalize the Zulu in the intellects of Westerners, but their history was far from finished in 1879. The Zulu persevered only to suffer from under the depredations of South Africa's apartheid system, however they also outlasted that, and right now they remain the largest cultural group in South Africa. In the midst of the fighting and the apartheid system, the real culture and history of the Zulu have often been overlooked, even as they remain one of the most famous communities in Africa's history. The World's Greatest Civilizations: The History and Culture of the Zulu comprehensively covers the history, culture, and legacy of the Zulu off their origins to their influence.
