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The Bantu Migrations

The Bantu Migrations. Migrations of the Bantu Peoples. HW Questions: The Bantu Migrations. 1) Where did the Bantu people originate? Near the Niger River in West Africa How long did it take for them to spread throughout central, eastern, and southern Africa? About 2000 years

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The Bantu Migrations

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  1. The Bantu Migrations

  2. Migrations of the Bantu Peoples

  3. HW Questions: The Bantu Migrations • 1) Where did the Bantu people originate? • Near the Niger River in West Africa • How long did it take for them to spread throughout central, eastern, and southern Africa? • About 2000 years • 2) What was the most important skill that the Bantu passed on to other African peoples? • Iron-working • 3) About how many African languages are related to ancient Bantu? • 400

  4. HW Questions: The Bantu Migrations • 4) What does the word bantu mean? • “The people” • “Traditional Healers” • 5) According to the religious tradition of the Shona people, what is the real cause of disease? • Spiritual deficiency • 6) What roles does the n’angaplay in Shona society? • Doctor, Counselor, Prophecy-maker

  5. Bantu Farmers (What do you notice about the plow?)

  6. More Bantu Images

  7. African Language Zones

  8. The Bantu Language • Today there are approximately 310 million speakers of Bantu languages • Bantu words have migrated into several other languages, including English • How do you think this happened?

  9. A few examples of Bantu words in English: • English WordBantu WordBantu Meaning • Jazz Jaja “Cause to dance” • Jiffy Tshipi “In a moment” • Kook Kuku “Dolt; Blockhead” • Banjo Mbanza “Stringed instrument” • Bodacious Botesha “Extremely” • Mooch Umusha “To remove” • Tote Tota “Lift; carry; pick up” • Ruckus Lukashi “Loud clapping; shouts” • Source: Montclair State University, Department of Anthropology. Accessed at http://msuweb.montclair.edu/~franker/week11Africa4words.pdf.

  10. The Bantu “Written” Language

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