To prepare for our trip, we watched a mini series from 1984 called "Shaka Zulu".  It was the story of the king of the Zulu people in the 1800's and his reign of terror.  He was a much respected fellow and a commercial resort site has been built on the site of the movie set.  There is a lot of history and dance presented and it was very interesting as well as entertaining.  Dave got to participate in one of their dances - he did a pretty good job for an old man. :)
On the way to Shakaland we saw lots of huts that looked just like the ones we saw at the Basotho Cultural Center.