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  1. Bantu peoples - Wikipedia

    The Bantu peoples are an ethnolinguistic grouping of approximately 400 distinct native African ethnic groups who speak Bantu languages. The languages are native to countries spread over …

  2. Bantu peoples | African, Migration & Expansion | Britannica

    Oct 31, 2025 · Bantu peoples, the approximately 85 million speakers of the more than 500 distinct languages of the Bantu subgroup of the Niger-Congo language family, occupying almost the …

  3. The Bantu People of Africa, a story - African American Registry

    They are Black African speakers of the Bantu languages, which several hundred indigenous ethnic groups speak. The Bantu live in sub-Saharan Africa, spread over a vast area from …

  4. Bantu People Definition - AP World History: Modern Key Term

    The Bantu People are a large group of over 500 ethnicities in Africa who share common linguistic and cultural traits, originating from the regions of modern-day Cameroon and Nigeria.

  5. Bantu - New World Encyclopedia

    Bantu is a general term for over 400 different ethnic groups in Africa, from Cameroon, Southern Africa, Central Africa, to Eastern Africa, united by a common language family (the Bantu …

  6. The Bantu Migrations and How They Shaped Africa

    Aug 12, 2025 · The Bantu were a group of people who spoke related languages belonging to the Bantu language family, a branch of the larger Niger-Congo language group. Around 3,000 …

  7. Who are the Bantu Africans? - Let Africa Speak

    Oct 29, 2024 · Welcome to the world of Bantu-speaking Africans—over 400 unique ethnic groups, speaking a stunning array of languages and living across Central, Eastern, and Southern …

  8. Amazing Facts About Bantu Africans - I Love Africa

    Mar 12, 2025 · Welcome to the world of Bantu-speaking Africans—over 400 unique ethnic groups, speaking a stunning array of languages and living across Central, Eastern, and Southern …

  9. The Bantu Migrations: Linguistic and Cultural Transformation …

    Nov 17, 2022 · The Bantu migrations started 4,000 years ago near the Nigeria-Cameroon border, spreading farming communities across sub-Saharan Africa over thousands of years. These …

  10. Bantu expansion - Wikipedia

    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 …