TERM PAPER AFRICAN HISTORY

Zyon Clayton

HIS 307

03/12/2021

Topic Proposal

The topic I have chosen is about the “Bantu” Migration. The Bantu people have a mutual

sound because they share many root words and linguistic features. Approximately 5,000 years

ago, the familial Bantu language speakers known as the ‘Proto-Bantu’ lived in the woodland

Savanna near what is the contemporary day border between Cameroon and Nigeria (Harms,

2018). The Bantu people farmed yams and pearl millet using stone tools and produced oil from

canarium and palm trees. The Bantu also had the technology of creating iron from iron ore.

Small populations of the Bantu group began migrating into Central Africa and then across the

Great Lakes region of East Africa (Harms, 2018). The reasons behind these migrations include

overpopulation, a spirit of adventure, famine, epidemics, warfare between tribes, and increased

competition for local resources.

Bibliography

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McLean, John. “World Civilization.” The Bantu Migration | World Civilization,

courses.lumenlearning.com/suny-hccc-worldcivilization/chapter/the-bantu-migration/.

Murphy, E. Jefferson, and Louise E. Jefferson. The Bantu Civilization of Southern Africa.

T.Y. Crowell, 1974.