Southern Africa, the land and its peoples . Photo. Publicity Department. Zulu Photo. \ [ Publicity Kraal. Zululand. 24 NATIVE Il i >PLES _!.. potent causes were slaver} and polygamy. For hundreds of y\ European slave raiders. Only the riehei men could l>< poly-gamists; in fact, only the chiefs had a greal number of whThis meant that chiefs and iieli men would have man\ children,all of whom were horn into posit ions of ant hoiit \. These childrenmoved outwards and founded new tribes. Naturally thesechildren, having made themselves leaders, caused
Southern Africa, the land and its peoples . Photo. Publicity Department. Zulu Photo. \ [ Publicity Kraal. Zululand. 24 NATIVE Il i >PLES _!.. potent causes were slaver} and polygamy. For hundreds of y\ European slave raiders. Only the riehei men could l>< poly-gamists; in fact, only the chiefs had a greal number of whThis meant that chiefs and iieli men would have man\ children,all of whom were horn into posit ions of ant hoiit \. These childrenmoved outwards and founded new tribes. Naturally thesechildren, having made themselves leaders, caused intertribalwars. Righl down to modern days this intertribal jealous} hascon! i nned. Of these three factors there can l»« no doubt, how< \thai intertribal warfare was the chief reason wh) the Bantu w< nrelatively weak. Despite their numerical strength and their innate ahilit\ as Warriors, intertrihal jealoUS} made them almost helpless before the united European. The whistling of themerciless assegais was the
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