The new king of South Africa’s Zulu nation Misuzulu kaZwelithini was enthroned in a colorful ceremony Saturday before hundreds of supporters in a rural part of KwaZulu-Natal province.

The province is the home of the Zulu monarchy and the majority of Zulu people - the largest ethnic group in South Africa. More than 13 million people speak isiZulu as their first language.

South Africa’s ethnic Zulu nation will on Saturday host a coronation event for its new traditional king amid internal divisions that have threatened to tear the royal family apart.

Every year during the Summer semester, Dr. Sipho Sithole takes students to South Africa for the six-week excursion where students further engage in the study of Zulu culture, heritage and language.

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Misuzulu, who has promised to unite his nation and protect tradition, was officially recognised as the AmaZulu King by the South African government on Saturday in the first Zulu coronation since 1971.

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A South African princess has denied rumours that the Zulu queen who died only a month into her reign was poisoned by the royal family. "People think we're murderers," Princess Thembi told local ...

Penny Siopis is a South African artist whose work addresses themes of identity, ... appropriated aspects of Southern Africa's Zulu culture and events such as Louis Armstrong's 1960 visit to Zimbabwe.

South Africa’s ethnic Zulu nation will on Saturday host a coronation event for its new traditional king amid internal divisions that have threatened to tear the royal family apart ...

The new king of South Africa’s Zulu nation Misuzulu kaZwelithini was enthroned in a colorful ceremony Saturday before hundreds of supporters in a rural part of KwaZulu-Natal province ...