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Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. !ay "#$"% This article may re&uire cleanup to meet Wikipedia's &uality standards. The specific problem is( unencyclopedic language and content. Please help improve this article if you can. November "#$)% Unbalanced scales.svg The neutrality of this article is disputed. *elevant discussion may be found on the talk page. Please do not remove this message until the dispute is resolved. November "#$)% Zulu Nation logo +frika ,ambaataa left% -ith ./ 0utaka of Zulu Nation /apan, "##1. The Universal Zulu Nation is an international hip hop a-areness group formed and headed by hip hop pioneer +frika ,ambaataa.2$3($#$ 4riginally kno-n simply as the 4rgani5ation, it arose in the $67#s as reformed Ne- 0ork 8ity gang members began to organi5e cultural events for youths, combining local dance and music movements into -hat -ould become kno-n as the various elements of hip hop culture. ,y the $69#s, hip hop had spread globally, and the Zulu Nation has since established autonomous% branches in /apan, France, the U:, +ustralia, ;outh :orea and the 8ape Flats in 8ape To-n ;outh +frica. The Zulu Nation has undergone changes over the past decade. From the late $69#s, at the height of the +frocentric movement in hip hop -hen artists such as :*;<4ne, Public =nemy, + Tribe 8alled >uest, the Native Tongues, and *akim hit success%, the movement seemed to be incorporating many doctrines from the Nation of ?slam, the Nation of @ods and =arths, and the Nu-aubians. ?n the "###s, ho-ever, its official Web site affirmed that the Zulu Nation has left the system of AbelievingA and instead adheres to Factology versus ,eliefs, a philosophy and doctrine that can often be seen in, though is not al-ays eBclusive to, Nu-aubianism. The imagery of the Zulu Nation has changed considerably as -ell. .uring the $67#s, and $69#s, +frika ,ambaataa and the Zulu Nation members -ould often clothe themselves in costumes representing different cultures of the -orld. These costumes -ere seen as symbols for the Zulu Nation's desire to help others regardless of nationality or skin color and also to symboli5e people -ho -ere generally peaceful and good until they -ere oppressed by those -ho -ere not. Normal members, including -hites and Catinos, -ould often -ear necklaces or shirts depicting an outline of the +frican continent or a crude tribal dra-ing of a man's face. This -as a symbol of the Zulu nations of +frica2citation needed3, from -hich the organi5ation got its name. No-adays, ho-ever, these things have been replaced by =gyptian symbols such as ankhs and pagan De-elry depicting pentagrams, though the older symbols and images can still be seen accompanying these