Bantu
The term Bantu refers to over 400 different ethnic groups in Africa, from Cameroon to South Africa, united by a common language family, the Bantu languages, and in many cases common customs.
Black South Africans were at times officially called "Bantus" by the apartheid regime.
"Somali Bantu" are the descendants of slaves from Bantu ethnic groups who were brought to Somalia in the 19th century from Tanzania, Mozambique and Malawi. (see also Category:Somali Bantu)
Bantu languages[edit]
(see also Category:Niger-Congo languages)
Approximated distribution of Bantu languages
Map of the distribution of Niger-Congo languages
Bantu expansion according to D.W. Phillipson.
Bantu people[edit]
(see also Category:Africans and the subcategories for countries with Bantu populations)
People of the Makua (Makhuwa) Bantu ethnic group in Mozambique
Makua in Mozambique
Woman in Angola, a country mostly inhabited by Bantu people
Zulu people dancing in South Africa
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