The Zulu tribe originated in Central Africa, among a
people that migrated into southeast Africa into the region that is currently
known as Natal. This paper presents a history of this distinct tribe and examines various aspects of their culture, including language, social structure, lineage, religion, etc. The paper shows that following the disbandment of the
apartheid system, the Zulus, as well as the rest of black South Africa, gained suffrage
rights. Thus, while the Zulu are far from the height of their power, they have managed to regain the privileges and rights that are granted to everyone else in South Africa. As a people, the Zulu face the constant challenge of being a minority in South Africa, but are slowly gaining back what the colonial and apartheid systems stripped from them in the late 19th through the late twentieth centuries.