Zulu, a nation of Nguni-speaking people in KwaZulu-Natal province, South Africa. They are a branch of the southern Bantu and have close ethnic, linguistic, and cultural ties with the Swazi and Xhosa. The Zulu are the single largest ethnic group in South Africa and numbered about nine million in the late 20th century.

Where did the Zulus migrate from?

Originally, the Zulu tribe emanated from the Ngunis who inhabited the central and Eastern Africa and subsequently migrated to the Southern Africa in the “Bantu Migration” which occurred centuries ago. The Zulu tribe represents the largest population of ethnic groups in South Africa; making up to 10-11 million people.

Are Zulus indigenous to South Africa?

Zulus are not indigenous to South Africa but are part of a Bantu migration down from East Africa thousands of years ago. ... The IFP is a cultural-political Zulu movement with little support outside of the Zulu ethnic group.