One thing I have noticed missing is a zulu archer. I've found an ethiopian archer by CivArmy, but am curious what others are using?

There is a skin color conversion floating around for the archer somewhere. Basically just the Firaxis archer with darker skin.

Yeah, embryodead even has one laying around here. I was curious if there was a better option I was not aware of.

Nah. Only CivArmy's exists.

Did the Zulu even use bows for war?

A Nubian archer by Kinboat. Check in his Egyptian pack. Maybe you can find what you are looking for.

If this is about what I think it's about :p we have it. We need something sub-Saharan.

Yup, I've seen the nubian archer... not really good for a zulu type unit. So not much there I gather.

Uhhh... HEY! Anyone want to create a zulu archer? Consider this a request then :) but I won't hold my breath.

Didn't Kinboat make a whole pack of Zulus? Or am I thinking of Egypt?

Yes, it was Egypt.

Dom Pedro made a Zulu units pack, but it didn't include an archer. I agree that some more African archers are needed.

Maybe there will be one in Anno Domini...

Or twelve. R8Fxt's really been going all out with those units

In the mean time, Kinboat's Egyptian monk is actually a black acher, and its a terrific unit. Did I say black? I meant very black.

The majority of my units are of the spear/pike or sword variety. I've not quite worked out how to do the archer attack yet, so sadly there's none in Anno Domini at the moment. I'll try again this weekend; in the meantime, I'm using the Egyptian Monk as the Nubian archer. I tried asking aaglo to make one, but Sword_of_Geddon insisted in the following post that I could use the Monk - so aaglo didn't even reply to my request, as presumably the Monk would "do."
Don't get me wrong, the Monk is an excellent unit, I just wanted one more....central African. Like I said, I'll try again this weekend, but it's not a promise that I'll do it. With the unit animations, I'm finding it difficult to work out how to do the first of it's type, but once worked out, I can replicate the animation, so fingers crossed....

The Monk is great (I'm using him as a Nubian bowman myself) but I don't think he's really dressed right for (say) a Malian or other sub-Saharan characters.

Yeah, I was suprised at the lack in this one particular area...

I have found four possible options, but each is far from perfect:

*CivArmy's brazilian archer -- Pedia pic is obviously not appropriate but the unit ingame is not bad, albeit lighter complected.
*CivArmy's ethiopian archer -- This one has the right complexion but definitely not the right look.
*Kinboat's nubian monk -- Right complexion, wrong look again.
*Embryodead's darkened vanilla archer -- Definitely not what a picture.

So definitely, if anyone wants to have a go at this (and a hearty good luck to R8FXT!), I have a feeling the unit would be used a lot.