Transcript Bantu & Zulu Cornell Notes

e. Analyze how the migration of people
such as the Bantu and Zulu has had an
impact on the economic, cultural, and
political aspects of Sub-Saharan Africa.
A
group of people who originated in
Cameroon and participated in one of the
largest migrations in history
 Who: The
Bantu people
 Where: All over Africa!
 When: 1000 B.C.
 How: Probably walking or camel
 Why: No one knows!
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 Bantu
Migration Map
 There
are more than 60 million people
who speak Bantu as their native
language.
 They live primarily in the regions that
straddle the equator and continue
southward into southern Africa where it is
believed they migrated to.
 This migration continued until around the
3rd or 4th century AD.
 They
also influenced two-thirds of African
language.
 Another important occurrence in the
history of the Bantu is a split that created
two major language families.
 They
were the first to develop language
and provides a clue when tracing the
developments in Africa’s civilization.
 They were the first farmers and cattlekeepers of the area.
 One of the greatest mass movement of
people in history
 Influenced culture in many tribes of the
area
 The
Zulu are a group whose ancestors are
the original Bantu people.
 Rose to power after the Bantu migration
 Largest and most influential tribe in
Southern Africa
 Became a powerful empire in the early
19th century but was over in the late 19th
century