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  2. Bantu peoples - Wikipedia

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    The Bantu peoples are an indigenous ethnolinguistic grouping of approximately 400 distinct native African ethnic groups who speak Bantu languages. The languages are native to countries spread over a vast area from West Africa, to Central Africa, Southeast Africa and into Southern Africa. Bantu people also inhabit southern areas of Northeast ...

  3. Bantu languages - Wikipedia

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    The Bantu languages (English: UK: / ˌ b æ n ˈ t uː /, US: / ˈ b æ n t uː / Proto-Bantu: *bantʊ̀) [1] [2] are a language family of about 600 languages that are spoken by the Bantu peoples of Central, Southern, Eastern and Southeast Africa. They form the largest branch of the Southern Bantoid languages.

  4. Bantu peoples of South Africa - Wikipedia

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    The creation of false homelands or Bantustans (based on dividing South African Bantu language speaking peoples by ethnicity) was a central element of this strategy, the Bantustans were eventually made nominally independent, in order to limit South African Bantu language speaking peoples citizenship to those Bantustans.

  5. Bantu expansion - Wikipedia

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    The Bantu expansion [3] [4] [5] was a major series of migrations of the original Proto-Bantu-speaking group, [6] [7] which spread from an original nucleus around West-Central Africa. In the process, the Proto-Bantu-speaking settlers displaced, eliminated or absorbed pre-existing hunter-gatherer and pastoralist groups that they encountered.

  6. Shona people - Wikipedia

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    The Shona people, like many other Bantu-speaking groups in southern and central Africa, do not exhibit evidence of Eurasian DNA. Genetic analyses of ancient remains from regions such as Zimbabwe have not identified archaic Eurasian DNA markers. These findings challenge earlier theories that underestimated the capabilities of African communities.

  7. Category:Bantu peoples - Wikipedia

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    For convenience, all Bantu-speaking peoples of South Africa, Banyarwanda and Beti-Pahuin peoples should be included in this category. This includes all ethnic groups that can also be found in the subcategories.

  8. Ovambo people - Wikipedia

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    The Ovambo people are a Bantu-speaking group. In Namibia, these are the AaNdonga, Ovakwanyama, Aakwambi, Aangandjera, Aambalantu, Ovaunda, Aakolonkadhi, Aakwaluudhi and Aambandja. In Angola, they are the Ovakwanyama, Aakafima, Evale and Aandonga. [3] [11] The Ovakwanyama are the largest sub-tribe. [12]

  9. Kongo people - Wikipedia

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    The Kongo people (Kongo: Bisi Kongo, EsiKongo, singular: Musi Kongo; also Bakongo, singular: Mukongo or M'kongo) [3] [4] are a Bantu ethnic group primarily defined as the speakers of Kikongo. [5] Subgroups include the Beembe , Bwende , Vili , Sundi , Yombe , Dondo , Lari , and others.