Editing Shaka (section)

===Age-grade regimental system===
Age-grade groupings of various sorts were common in the [[Bantu peoples|Bantu]] culture of the day, and indeed are still important in much of Africa. [[Age grade]]s were responsible for a variety of activities, from guarding the camp, to cattle herding, to certain rituals and ceremonies. Shaka organised various grades into [[List of Zulu Regiments|regiments]], and quartered them in special military kraals, with regiments having their own distinctive names and insignia. The regimental system clearly built on existing tribal cultural elements that could be adapted and shaped to fit an expansionist agenda.{{sfn|Morris|1994|pp=50-53}}