There are more than 60 million people who speak Bantu as their native language. They live primarily in the regions that straddle the equator and continue southward into southern Africa where it is believed they migrated to.
[an error occurred while processing this directive] It is believed that the Bantu origins lie in Cameroon. In about 1000 BC a massive migration began (considered one of the largest in human history). This migration continued until around the 3rd or 4th century AD.
Anthropologists have studied this phenomenon and believe there are several possibilities for its occurrence. It may have been due to a growing population in ancient times, which increased the need for more food. It was around this time that the banana, which is native to Asia, was introduced in southern Africa.
Another important occurrence in the history of the Bantu is a split that created two major language families. They are known as the Eastern Bantu and the Western Bantu. The Eastern Bantu migrated to Zimbabwe, Mozambique and down into South Africa. The Western Bantu migrated into Angola, Namibia, and parts of Botswana.
Currently the Bantu are known more as a language group than as a distinct ethnic group. Swahili is the most widely spoken Bantu language and is considered the lingua franca of around 50 million people living in the countries along the east coast of Africa.
The ethnic groups that make up the Eastern Bantu include the Xhosa, Zulu, Kikuyu, and Shona peoples. The Western Bantu include the Herero and Tonga peoples.
A group of South and Central African native languages and the natives who belong to that group
the spread of Bantu languages throught Africa
The way Bantu families were organized was extended families
The Bantu tribe is known for creating linguistic clusters. The Bantu peoples live in Africa, in primarily the Great Lakes and Southern Africa.
The Bantu communities were based on pastoral-ism. They also were based on subsistence. Bantu communities were usually settled in areas that were known as wealthy.
the bantu people accomplished many things like finding land for us
They built the city of Great Zimbabwe.
They built the city of Great Zimbabwe.
They built the city of Great Zimbabwe.
The Bantu, Germany, and the British Empire have all ruled the area of Africa now known as Tanzania.
There is not a ruler called Bantu. Bantu refers to the Bantu peoples; that id the over 400 peoples of Africa speak a Bantu language and the group of 250 mutually intelligible Bantu languages and 535 dialects.
Bantu. they live in Bantu
the spread of Bantu languages throught Africa
The Bantu did not originate from Ghana. It is believed that the Bantu originated from Congo which is in central Africa.
The Bantu language is spoken in many parts of Africa.
Drought and famine are two reasons for Bantu migration
Bantu is an ethnical group of people from Africa.
Nammina Bantu was created in 1960.