| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Zulu | largest South African ethnic group of an estimated 10-11 million people who live largely in KwaZulu-Natal |
| Shona | Robert Mugabe is Zezuru, a clan of this group |
| East African Community | An intergovernmental organisation comprising Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Burundi, and Rwanda |
| Bantu languages | Descriptive name for languages spoken largely east and south of the present day nation of Nigeria; i.e., in the regions commonly known as central Africa, east Africa, and southern Africa |
| Ndebele/ Matabele | Branch of the Zulu who split from King Shaka in the early 1820s under the leadership of Mzilikazi, a former general in Shaka's army |
| Mfecane | This Zulu name, also known as the Difaqane or Lifaqane in Sesotho, is an African expression which means something like "the crushing" or "scattering". It describes a period of widespread chaos and disturbance in southern Africa during the period between 1815 and about 1840. |
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