Bantu peoples

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The Bantu peoples are a large, diverse group of African ethnic communities spread across central, eastern, and southern Africa who speak related Bantu languages and share historical and cultural ties.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf cultural group
ethnic group collection
linguistic group
are ethnically diverse
geographically widespread
linguistically related
areMajorityPopulationIn many Central African countries
many Southern African countries
parts of East Africa
associatedWith Bantu expansion
continent Africa
estimatedPopulation hundreds of millions
have diverse artistic traditions
diverse musical traditions
rich oral traditions
historicalProcess Bantu expansion
includeEthnicGroup Baganda
Chichewa-speaking peoples
linked to: Chewa people

Kikuyu
Kongo
Luba
Luhya
Shona
linked to: Shona people

Sotho
Swazi
linked to: Eswatini

Tswana
linked to: Setswana

Xhosa
Zulu
influenced many modern African nation-states
languageFamily Bantu languages
languagePhylum Niger-Congo languages
migrationBeganApprox 3000 BCE
migrationOriginRegion Cameroon-Nigeria borderlands
West-Central Africa
linked to: Central Africa
primaryRegions Central Africa
East Africa
Southern Africa
religiousPractices Christianity
Islam
traditional African religions
share cultural ties
historical ties
socialOrganization chiefdoms
clan-based structures
kingdoms
spreadTo Congo Basin
linked to: Congo Rainforest

East African coast
linked to: Swahili Coast

Great Lakes region
southern Africa
linked to: Southern Africa
typicalCrops bananas
cassava
millet
sorghum
yams
typicalSubsistence agriculture
cattle herding
ironworking

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Ha people ethnolinguisticGroupOf Bantu peoples
Bembe people ethnolinguisticGroup Bantu
linked to: Bantu peoples
Khoisan peoples historicalInteraction Bantu-speaking peoples
linked to: Bantu peoples
Ndowe people ethnolinguisticGroup Bantu
linked to: Bantu peoples
Western Bantu languages isSpokenBy Bantu peoples of western Central Africa
linked to: Bantu peoples
Bantu P languages areSpokenBy Bantu peoples
Pimbwe people ethnolinguisticGroup Bantu peoples
Bantu T languages areSpokenBy Bantu peoples
Bantu Authorities Act aimedAtPopulation Bantu-speaking peoples
linked to: Bantu peoples
Nguni people subgroupOf Bantu peoples
Yinjebi partOf Bantu ethnolinguistic groups
linked to: Bantu peoples
Nzebi people partOf Bantu ethnolinguistic groups
subject linked to: Yinjebi
linked to: Bantu peoples
Nzebi partOf Bantu peoples of Central Africa
subject linked to: Nzebi ethnic group
linked to: Bantu peoples
Rotse ethnolinguisticGroup Bantu
linked to: Bantu peoples
Swahili people ancestry Bantu peoples
Mijikenda ethnolinguisticGroup Bantu
linked to: Bantu peoples
Kisii District populationGroup Bantu peoples
Lumbu partOf Bantu peoples
Ipunu ethnographicClassification Bantu people
linked to: Bantu peoples
Pounou ethnolinguisticGroup Bantu
linked to: Bantu peoples
Coloured South Africans ancestry Bantu-speaking Africans
subject linked to: Coloured South African
linked to: Bantu peoples
Candomblé hasCulturalOrigin Bantu peoples
Zanaki people partOf Bantu peoples of East Africa
linked to: Bantu peoples
amaGcaleka partOf Bantu peoples
Northwest Bantu isSpokenBy Bantu peoples of Central Africa
linked to: Bantu peoples
Kerewe people ethnolinguisticGroup Bantu
linked to: Bantu peoples
Khoe peoples historicalInteraction Bantu-speaking peoples
linked to: Bantu peoples
Chagga people subgroupOf Bantu peoples
Pare people ethnolinguisticGroup Bantu
linked to: Bantu peoples
Southeastern Africa hasEthnicGroup Bantu peoples
subject linked to: southeastern Africa
Luvale people ethnolinguisticGroup Bantu
linked to: Bantu peoples
Kaonde people partOf Bantu peoples of Zambia
linked to: Bantu peoples
Playeros ethnolinguisticGroup Bantu
linked to: Bantu peoples
Playeros heritage Bantu
linked to: Bantu peoples