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.

All labels observed (15)

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Statements (57)

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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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
Ewondo people → ethnolinguisticGroup → Bantu peoples ⓘ
Bisio people → ethnoLinguisticGroup → Bantu ⓘ
linked to: Bantu peoples
Benga people → macroEthnicCategory → Bantu peoples of Central Africa ⓘ
linked to: Bantu peoples
Mbanderu → ethnolinguisticGroup → Bantu peoples ⓘ
Malagasy people → ancestry → Bantu peoples ⓘ
Hunde → partOfLinguisticGroup → Bantu-speaking peoples ⓘ
linked to: Bantu peoples
Tembo → partOf → Bantu peoples of Central Africa ⓘ
linked to: Bantu peoples
Idjwi Territory → hasEthnicGroups → Bantu peoples ⓘ
Rega → ethnolinguisticGroup → Bantu ⓘ
linked to: Bantu peoples
Vira → ethnolinguisticGroup → Bantu ⓘ
linked to: Bantu peoples
Havu → ethnolinguisticGroup → Bantu ⓘ
linked to: Bantu peoples
Lega → partOf → Bantu peoples of Central Africa ⓘ
linked to: Bantu peoples
Comorian people → partOf → Bantu peoples ⓘ
Pokomo people → ethnolinguisticGroup → Bantu ⓘ
linked to: Bantu peoples
Bira people → ethnolinguisticGroup → Bantu peoples ⓘ