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 In 640 Arab force invaded Egypt,then part of the byzantine empire ( the eastern portion of the roman empire.  Now most Arabs in Africa live in the northern hemisphere.  Most known ethnic group around the world.

 The most widely spoken Bantu-derived from the language Swahili,which is used by up to 50 million speakers in eastern coast of Africa.  The bantu migrated from the Congo or the Niger delta basin river.  The bantu introduced many things to the places they migrated to.

 The Swahili language, is basically of Bantu origin. It has borrowed words from other languages such as Arabic probably as a final of the Swahili people using the Quran written in Arabic for spiritual guidance as Muslims.  As the regards the formation of the Swahili culture and language, some scholars attribute these phenomena to the intercourse of African and Asiatic people on the coast of East Africa.

 The Ashanti lived in central Ghana in western Africa approximately 300km. away from the coast. The Ashanti are a major ethnic group of the Akans in ghana, a fairly new nation, barely more than 50 years old. Ghana, previously the Gold Coast, was a British colony until It is now politically separated into four main parts. Ashanti is in the center and Kumasi, the capital.

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