Question

This powerful tribe lived in and around South Africa until being defeated by the British after a series of bloody battles.

Answer 1

The correct answer to this open question is the following.

The Zulu tribe lived in and around South Africa until being defeated by the British after a series of bloody battles.

On January 22, 1879, the British troops were defeated by the Zulu army in iSandlwana, South Africa. It was a bloody battle where the fierce Zulu warriors killed almost 1300 British soldiers. The British underestimated the Zulu tribe considered unprepared and indigenous but what didn't know was that in hand-to-hand combat, the were great boxers.

Answer 2

Zulu kingdom was the powerful tribe.