Bantu

The Arab slave traders relied on the Indian Ocean monsoon winds during the slave trade. Indian Ocean was regarded as an important route since it connected East Africa to the outside world, including India Peninsula. The Arabs, precisely from the Gulf of Persia, used the Indian Ocean route since it linked the East African region to the potential clients of the Arab Merchants. They mostly resided on some parts of North Africa, including Egypt, Morocco, and among others. Again, the Indian Ocean…

they should take it slow and plan the escape the next night they shut off the cameras and bolted out the main door not realizing that a security officer walking to his car spotted them and in haste pulled out his gun and shot 2 times both hitting Bantu killing him instantly. Mombasa played dead and was taken back to his enclosure under high surveillance. He still had the phone and found out that people had heard about his father’s death and some had formed a movement. By posting stuff about this…

and any of a variety of meats, seafood, and vegetables. The dish reflects the influence of an amalgam of cultures, including those of the Indians of the region, the French and Spanish settlers, and the African slaves who gave it its name (from the Bantu gombo, akin to Umbundu ochinggombo, “okra”) (p. 1).…

the exploration of ideas and themes that I have investigated, namely: The background and meaning of Mapungubwe, the reasons as to why the K2 culture relocated to the confluence, the core values of trade and how/why we trade, the ideology behind the Bantu migration and how it influenced our way of living, how we established hierarchy and the transformation…

or if the equipment of new abilities and mindsets to counter criminal thought and action is more correct or more effective. In Southern Africa amongs the Bantu peoples there exists a unique perspective on this centered around the concept of ‘Ubuntu’ which is literally just the quality of being human, but beyond that as revealed in the common Bantu phrase as quoted in the Huffington Post by Reverand William Flippin Jr. (2012) “‘Ubuntu ngumtu ngabanye abantu’ (‘A person is a person through other…

people that I was African. Elementary School When I was younger, my mother would put my hair into Bantu knots, twist, cornrows, braids, and thread my hair. Threading is an African hairstyle that is black thread wrapped around hair. Having those hairstyles in school was not exciting. One time, my mother threaded my hair for school, and mostly all the students laughed at me. I went to class having Bantu knots and everyone was staring at my hair as if my hair was absurd. Another time, I had…

This descendants the migrant Bantu tribes like the Hutus made their home. And which much of it is known for the early kingdoms of which are Rwanda, Kenya, and Uganda comes through oral tradition. And then theres the 14th and 15th centuries CE which the new migrants from the north also…

dear, dear! Her we go! A lecture on the African past! On our Great West African Heritage! In one second we will hear all about the great Ashanti empires; the great Songhay civilizations; and the great sculpture of Bénin – and then some poetry in the Bantu – and the whole monologue will end with the word heritage! Let’s face it, baby, your heritage is nothing but a bunch…

Twin infanticide among the Igbo speaking people were acknowledged by Ball & Hill (1996), Thomas (1913), Uchendu (1965) amongst others. The work of Kuper (1987) cited in Ball & Hill (1996) argue that the Bantu groups liken twins to wild animals and as such viewed in a bad light which leads to twin infanticide. This opinion was echoed before them by Uchendu (1965) when he argued that “certain births are nso, (ala)-taboo- among the Igbo. The birth of twins was regarded as a great calamity. The…

into four major groups. These include; Bantu speaking people who speak related languages e.g. Baganda, Banyankole, Basoga, Bakiga, Banyoro, Batooro etc and these dominate greater part of east, central and western Uganda; The Nilotics in northern Uganda e.g. Acholi, Longi, Alur, etc; the Sudanese in north west e.g. Madi-Moro, Mertu, Okebu, Nubietc; The Nilo-Hamites in north east e.g. Kalamajongs, Sebai etc lake Kyoga and river Nile acting as a boundary between Bantu people and these northern…