On amagama uBantu (okusho ukuthi " abantu Ngolimi lwesiKongo) iqembu labantu elikhuluma izilimi ezingamakhulu amane ezihlobene ezaziwa njengeBantu. E-Afrika, bakhona kusukela entshonalanga kuya empumalanga ukusuka eGabon kuya eComoros nasenyakatho kuya eningizimu ukusuka eSudan kuya eNamibia. Lezi zinhlanga ezahlukahlukene kakhulu zihlanganisa yonke ingxenye eseningizimu ye-Afrika, lapho kuphela amaBushman namaHottentot anezilimi ezinemvelaphi ehlukene. Okunye ukungaboni ngaso linye nabakwaBushman kanye nabakwaHottentot, onogada abazingelayo nabazingeli ngokulandelana, iBantus bangabalimi futhi bahlala phansi nabo sebethole ubuchule bensimbi. Le ntuthuko yabavumela ukuthi balawule izindawo zabo esikhathini esiyiminyaka ecishe ibe yizinkulungwane ezine.
Izinkampani zeBantu ezisebenza ngobuchwepheshe (besebenzisa i-ayoni, benza izimbazo, amageja, ama-adzes) nokwakhiwa okuqinisiwe (inqaba ebiyelwe eMonomotapa). Ngaphezu kwalokho, izindlu zinezakhiwo ezithile; lawa ngamaqhugwane ayizindilinga noma amadolobhana aqanjwa ngegama lesiBantu njenge Msonge.