What is Bantu peoples?
[[File:African language families de.svg|right|300px|thumb|Map showing the approximate distribution of Bantu (light brown) vs. other [[Niger-Congo languages|Niger-Congo]] languages and peoples (medium brown).]] '''Bantu''' is a general term for over 400 different [[ethnic group]]s in [[Africa]], from [[Cameroon]] to [[South Africa]], that have a common [[language family]] (the [[Bantu languages]]) and in many cases common customs. <gallery> Image:Bantu Phillipson.png|Bantu migration Image:East&southern_africa_early_iron_age.png|Early Iron Age findings in eastern and southern Africa. Image:Africa ethnic groups 1996.png </gallery> == Bibliography == * J. Desmond Clark, The Prehistory of Africa, Thames and Hudson, 1970 * April A. Gordon and Donald L. Gordon, Understanding Contemporary Africa, Lynne Riener, London, 1996 * Kevin Shillington, History of Africa, St. Martin's Press, New York, 1995 (1989) {{stub}} [[Category:Ethnic groups in Africa]]