duction and for managing the homestead ..
To foster loyalty to the state, Shaka and his councillors drew on the
customary Nguni festivals. They assembled the entire army at the royal
barracks for the annual first-fruits ceremony and before and after major
military expeditions, when they used spectacular displays and magical
devices to instill a corporate
morale. The traditions
of the Zulu royal
lineage became the traditions of the kingdom; the Zulu dialect became the
language of the kingdom; and every inhabitant, whatever his origins, be-
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