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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. (15[1]-5[1])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-” before founding (10[1])the Inkatha Freedom Party. 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? (10[1])■END■

ANSWER: Zulu people [or amaZulu; accept KwaZulu]
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Hari ParameswaranCry of the Common LoonBerkeley6015
Eric ChenWhere are the ACF Nationals recordings?Stanford+60-5
Vittal Bhatnumber of tang poems = 75 times number of lines in a shi = 100 times number of lines in a haikuA is for Amy Robsart who fell down the stairs9210
Vinu HariharStanford+Where are the ACF Nationals recordings?14310

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