His image is the watermark in South African passports, but he is not as widely known as leaders like Nelson Mandela and Desmond Tutu.
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Zulu custom opposes divorce except in very particular circumstances. But King Misuzulu kaZwelithini has turned to the courts to end his marriage.
Buthelezi should not be dismissed as a mere stooge during apartheid. Yet, he deserves little praise as an advocate for human rights and civil liberties.
If Mangosuthu Buthelezi had not opposed the apartheid state’s plans for an ‘independent’ Zulu kingdom, South Africa’s history would have unfolded very differently.
Shaka iLembe hits TV screens on 18 June. The Zulu leader has never been portrayed as a real man - hopefully this time he will be.
Missionaries and African translators working on local versions of the Bible divided South Africa’s ethnic groups by language.
Royal women play important roles in succession disputes, such as the naming of King Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu’s heir.
Magema Fuze’s book was a radical act of publishing. It contained histories of chiefdoms and kingdoms - from the Zulu to the Ngcobo.
A new history book shows how entanglements of race, gender, class and sexuality in South Africa flow from the moral contradictions of the settler colonial state.
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Senior Research Associate, English Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal
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Associate Professor at the Wits Institute for Social & Economic Research, University of the Witwatersrand
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Emeritus Professor of Political Sociology, University of KwaZulu-Natal
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Lecturer, Historical Studies, University of KwaZulu-Natal
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Associate Professor of History, Virginia Military Institute
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University of San Diego
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Professor of English, Rhodes University
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Associate Professor of History, Southern Methodist University
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Extraordinary Professor, Department of Political Sciences, University of Pretoria
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Professor of African legal pluralism, University of the Western Cape