A bantustan is any of ten former territories defined as homelands for black South Africans.

Bantustans were an important part of racist Apartheid legislation. It forced blacks to live on "tribal reservations". This separated them from whites and forced them to realign their nationality from South Africa to the assigned Bantustan. Ten separate Bantustans were established.

Living conditions in Bantustans were generally poor, with overcrowded and underdeveloped infrastructure, limited access to basic services like healthcare and education, and high levels of poverty and unemployment. The apartheid government intentionally restricted resources and opportunities in these areas to justify the forced relocation of Black South Africans.

When the group ares act was passed, the apartheid government forcibly removed the people living in the multi-racial area of District 6.Many people as a result many areas were started up, such as the Cape flats, khayelisha and of course the bantustan's which were mainly for people of african origin. people as a result stayed with people of their own races.

K. K. Prah has written:

'The Bantustan brain gain' -- subject- s -: Brain drain, Professional employees

'Notes and comments on aspects of Tswana feudalism in the precolonial period' -- subject- s -: Addresses, essays, lectures, Feudalism, Economic conditions, Tswana - African people -

'Beyond the Color Line: Pan-Africanist Disputations'

'The role of missionaries in the development of African languages' -- subject- s -: Language and education, Native language and education, Religious aspects, Study and teaching, African languages, Language development, Literacy, Missions

'African languages, African development and African unity' -- subject- s -: African languages, Social aspects, Economic development, Language and culture

'Mother tongue for scientific and technological development in Africa' -- subject- s -: African languages, Native language and education, Science, Social aspects, Social aspects of African languages, Study and teaching

'Anthropological prisms' -- subject- s -: Social aspects of Economic development, Political culture, Economic development, Applied anthropology

'Essays on African society and history' -- subject- s -: Social conditions, Colonization, Feudalism, Minorities