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Abramson, J.H. "Urbanization and Hypertension among Zulu Adults." Urbanization and Hypertension among Zulu Adults. Department of Social Medicine, 2016. Web. 15 Nov. 2016.

"Zulu." - Introduction, Location, Language, Folklore, Religion, Major Holidays, Rites of Passage. Countries and Their Cultures, n.d. Web. 15 Nov. 2016.

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If any of the people in the community become sick they will find a diviner (soothsayer, herbalist) and have them talk to the ancestors and cure them with natural herbs and prayers. The reason for this is to cure the sick people in the tribal community, this effects the tribe because they need to have access to natural herbs which might make them have to start farms to produce the herbs. The Zulu people believe in ancestor spirits and the spirits are used in every day life, the purposes are that the spirits help them with life, and the traditions influence them to be like their ancestors.

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Zulu and English are the two most spoken language the reason they only use these languages is so they can speak with other tribes in the area and be able to negotiate. The tribe is very respected of the elders and the people who are older than you are to be called baba (father) mama (mother)

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One issue the Zulu are facing is hypertension (abnormally high blood pressure)  in those who live in urban areas rather than rural. It is most common in Zulu women age 18-34 and may be because of their diets and/or the stress of urbanization/ town life.
This impacts the lives of the tribe because a loved one could have this disease and die. It could also impact their lives by making them not want to live in the urban areas.

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Umemulo, the transition of girls becoming an adult. They do this by separating the girl from the people of the tribe while the tribe performs ritual killings of animals and dancing. Once the ceremony is over the girl is declared ready to marry.  The purpose of this rite of passage is to declare the girl and adult and ready to marry.  It contributes to the culture by keeping their traditions.  There are no religious elements. It affects the tribe by have another adult women in the tribe, have feasts and dance.

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Is about 9 million and growing. They don't keep track of every birth and every death. It is a very wide spread tribe. JN

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Most of the people are farmers because the land is fertile and there are a lot of rain and a lot of sunshine. Some positives could be that they have easy access to water for fishing which can be their way of food and a way to make money by either exporting it of selling it to restaurants, and they have easy travel by water to export goods so boats can get in and out easily. Some negatives are not being closer to the middle of the continent and that would effect their trade with other country's in Africa