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Zulu (African people)

LC control no.sh 85150054
LC classificationDT1768.Z95
Topical headingZulu (African people)
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Variant(s)Amazulu (African people)
Isizulu (African people)
Zulus
Zunda (African people)
See alsoEthnology--South Africa
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Nguni (African people)
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Found inWork cat.: Maphalala, S.J. Aspects of Zulu rural life ... 1985.
Ethnologue: p. 165 (Zulu (Isizulu, Zunda))
Murdock world cult.: p. 82 (Zulu (Amazulu))
Voegelin lang.: p. 70 (Zulu (Zunda))
Wikipedia, accessed November 7, 2023: Kaffir (racial term) (Kaffir...is an exonym and an ethnic slur -- the use of it in reference to black people being particularly common in South Africa...It was eventually used, particularly in Afrikaans (Afrikaans: kaffer), for any black person during the Apartheid and Post-Apartheid eras, closely associated with South African racism, it became a pejorative by the mid-20th century and is now considered extremely offensive hate speech...it is now euphemistically addressed as the K-word in South African English)