Layout of a Zulu Kraal.

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Jun
2011
Layout of a Zulu Kraal.

Don't think this has been covered before.

"The Zulus call their home an 'umuzi'. The word 'kraal' is the European term for the rural homestead of a Zulu family.

A traditional kraal is surrounded by two circular stockades and thus serves as a primitive but effective defense structure. The huts are situated between the inner and outer stockade. In the center, the cattle are kept during the night and a smaller enclosure is co

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