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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
    Bantu migration
  • Early Iron Age findings in eastern and southern Africa.
    Early Iron Age findings in eastern and southern Africa.

Bibliography

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  • 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)


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