-Examine the influence of the Bantu migrations on African history. What concepts did the Bantu pass on to the rest of the Sub-Saharan Africa?
- Bantu was originally spoken by people who live in what is now known as Nigeria and Cameroon in Africa.
- the people were primarily farmers who lived a long rivers.
- By 1500 BCE their crops like bananas, yams, and cereal were flourishing. Population was rapidly expanding making lands overcrowded.
-Bantu people began moving gradually in two directions. South down the coast of Western Africa and east across the continent with a turn south.
The People spread agriculture practices like usage of animals and other different techniques.
- The Bantu language was spread and growing as well as their culture.
-On the migration the created different types of iron tools and weapons that made their agriculture more efficient.
-The people often fought for land that was already being occupied by using their iron weapons.
-They also forced people in Bantu life and culture.
-About 900 million people speak a language of Bantu descent
-They brought with them their type of government called Stateless Societies.
-Stateless Society (kin-based societies) are ruled by family groups, don't have officials or bureaucrats.
-Therefore, they lacked a centralized hierarchy of government officials (like a president or a congress) and a bureaucracy that would take care of daily business.
-Family groups could exercise power through multiple others and form a district or they could simply elect a group of elders that made decision on what was best for everyone.
-The basic unit of the traditional South African Bantu society was the kraal, a patriarchal and polygamous colony consisting of a man, his wives, their children, and in many cases, dependent relatives. The head of the kraal, theabanumzana, enjoyed unlimited power over his people. Traditionally, Bantu family life was based on the custom of bride barter (lobola), religion, and belief in the ancestral spirits (glozy).
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