Bantu peoples
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Map showing the approximate distribution of Bantu (light brown) vs. other Niger-Congo languages and peoples (medium brown).
Bantu is a general term for over 400 different ethnic groups in Africa, from Cameroon to South Africa, that have a common language family (the Bantu languages) and in many cases common customs.
Bantu migration
Early Iron Age findings in eastern and southern Africa.
Bantu Peoples Media
Map of the major Bantu languages shown within the Niger–Congo language family, with non-Bantu languages in greyscale.
Reconstructing the dispersal of Bantu-speaking populations.
The Bantu Kingdom of Kongo, c. 1630
Bibliography
- J. Desmond Clark, The Prehistory of Africa, Thames and Hudson, 1970
- April A. Gordon and Donald L. Gordon, Understanding Contemporary Africa, Lynne Riener, London, 1996
- Kevin Shillington, History of Africa, St. Martin's Press, New York, 1995 (1989)
