1. The Bantu Migration

2. People on the Move What is Migration?
Permanent move to new place; a pattern in human culture
Is this different from Immigration?
Yes. Immigration is the movement from one country to another, and it is not always a pattern in human culture.

3. People on the Move Causes of Migration
Causes of migration are push-pull factors. These are conditions that push people out of an area or pull them in.
Examples:
War/political oppression
Poverty or Poor economic development
Geographic Hardships

4. People on the Move What is the easiest way to trace migration?
One way to trace migration is to study how languages spread
Africa has many complex language families, but they are all decedents of the Bantu language.

5. Massive Migrations Who were the Bantu-speaking peoples?
Early Africans who spread culture and language
Where did the Bantu-speaking people originally live?
In savanna south of Sahara

6. Massive Migrations Bantu-speaking Peoples Where are they now?
Southeastern Nigeria
What does the word Bantu mean?
“The people”

7. Massive Migrations When did the Bantu Migration begin?
Bantu speakers migrate south and east starting about 3000 B.C.

8. Massive Migrations Migration Begins
What type of farming did they live by?
Nomadic Farming and Herding.
What does Nomadic Mean?
- moving from one place to another based on the supply of food.

9. Massive Migrations Why did the Bantu speakers move?
In order to find farmland & flee the growing Sahara

10. Massive Migrations What were the causes of the Bantu Migration?
Finding Farmland
Finding resources such as wood and Iron Ore
How successful was the Bantu migration?
Within 1,500 years they reach southern tip of Africa

11. Ethnic Groups What is an Ethnic Group?
- people who share a common and distinctive culture, heritage, and language.
What is a religious group?
A religious group are people who share a common religion only. They do not have to share a common culture.

12. Religion What is traditional Religion?
- may include worship of ancestors, spirits, gods, animals, land inanimate objects, and / or natural phenomena.
What is the predominant religion in Africa?
In Africa the predominate religion is Islam.
The Bantu and Ashanti predominately practice a traditional religion.

13. Religion
The difference between these two is the Ashanti is a mixture of spiritual and supernatural powers, while the Bantu is a belief of power of ancestors in everyday life.
For the Swahili, Islam is the predominant religion, although there may be some traditional elements in some areas blended with Islam.