Nguni homestead

A homestead (Xhosa: umzi) in southern Africa is a cluster of several houses, typically occupied by a single extended family and often with an attached kraal.

Such settlements are characteristic of Nguni-speaking peoples.

A house within a homestead is known as an indlu, plural tindlu (Swati) or izindlu (Xhosa and Zulu).

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Beer-brewing at a Zulu umuzi , c. 1849.