On names Bantu (which means the " Human In the Kongo language) a group of peoples speaking some four hundred related languages known as Bantu. In Africa, they are present from west to east from Gabon to the Comoros and from north to south from Sudan to Namibia. These very varied ethnic groups cover the entire southern part of Africa, where only the Bushmen and the Hottentots have languages of different origins. Other differences with the Bushmen and the Hottentots, nomads respectively hunter-gatherers and herders, the Bantus are farmers and sedentary having also acquired mastery of iron. These advances allowed them to colonize their territories over a period of approximately four thousand years.
Bantu companies master metallurgy (using iron, they make axes, hoes, adze) and fortified construction (fortified castle in Monomotapa). In addition, the dwellings have a particular architecture; these are circular huts or hamlets that we nicknamed in Bantu language Msonge.
Recently, UNESCO launched research to establish Iron Age dates in Africa ...
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