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Nguni Cattle

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The Nguni is a cattle breed indigenous to Southern Africa, a hybrid descended from Indian zebu and later European cattle brought south by Nguni-speaking peoples during their migrations, and is now found across South Africa, Eswatini, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Botswana and Angola. It is a medium-sized animal with a low hump ahead of the front legs, a strikingly multi-coloured and patterned coat, a black-tipped nose, and variable horn shapes. Nguni cattle are prized among Southern Africas Bantu-speaking communities for both cultural and economic reasons rather than for any single specialised output, and are noted for fertility and disease resistance suited to grazing the highveld. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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The Nguni is a cattle breed indigenous to Southern Africa.
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