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John Dube founded the first newspaper in this ethnic group’s language and founded the SANNC with his nephew, Dr. Pixley Seme (“SEH-meh”). Members of this ethnicity trained in Operation Marion took over the town of Trust Feed and perpetrated the Boipatong massacre. The Reform Party was formed after a leader of this ethnicity and Harry Schwarz signed the Mahlabatini Declaration of Faith. This was the ethnicity of the first African to win a Nobel Peace Prize, Albert (*) Luthuli. A leader of this ethnicity governed a region named for them prefixed with “Kwa-” (10[1])before founding the (10[1])Inkatha (10[2])Freedom Party. (10[1])A paramilitary organization that takes its name from this ethnic group’s words for “spear of the nation” lends its name to a party founded by a leader of this ethnicity, Jacob Zuma. For 10 points, what South African ethnic group name a kingdom once led by Shaka? ■END■

ANSWER: Zulu people [or amaZulu; accept KwaZulu]
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Erik ChristensenI'd prefer to have the team name be Christensen et al. than anything that Erik cooks up Simpson Agonistes: The Crisis of Donut9010
Henry AtkinsCommunism is Soviet power plus the yassification of the whole countryShe Dicer On My Argonaute Till I RNA Interfere9310
Kunaal Chandrashekaras rational as the square root of two power bottomsTensei Shitara Flashcard Data Ken9410
Adrian WongThe Only Existing Manuscript from A Clockwork OrangeRyan Wesley Routh's 10 000 NATO-trained Afghan Quizbowlers9410
Michael DuYou cannot go to Aarhus to see his peat-brown head / With eyes like ripening fruitModerator Can't Neg me While in Alpha9610

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