The Bantu
LESSON PLAN
GRADE 11 HISTORY.
TOPIC: BANTU MIGRATIONS INTO CENTRAL AFRICA BEFORE
1800.
OBJECTIVES: Pupils should be able to:
Define the term “ Bantu”
Define the term “ Migration”
Explain the origin of the Bantu.
Explain the causes of the migration and settlement of the
Bantu
Describe the ways of life of the Bantu.
ORIGIN
Bantu is a common term used to refer to the over 400 different ethnic groups of Africa stretching from south of the Sahara desert to South
Africa that have similar languages and to some extent customs. Their movements are called migrations their large scale movements over long distances. It is important however to understand that these movement did not occur at once. They took place in phases.
The Bantu speaking people were part of the Iron Age people from the Middle East. They settled along the banks of the River Nile. Later, they moved to North Africa and occupied some areas in the Sahara grasslands.
From here, they moved to the area around Lake Chad, Nigeria and the
Cameroon highlands area called the Benue-Cross region. However, some settled in the great lakes region in east Africa.
These people were given the name ‘Bantu’ because of the similarities that were noticed in their languages. For example, the prefix
‘ba-’ and the suffix ‘-ntu’ was common among the languages they spoke. To illustrate this, look at the table below which shows translations of the word
‘person’ and ‘people’ into some Zambian Bantu languages:
1
Language
Lozi
Tonga
Bemba
Kaonde
Tumbuka
Singular
Mutu
Muntu
Umuntu
Muntu muntu Plural
Batu
Bantu
Abantu
Bantu antu CAUSES
The drying up of the Sahara grasslands. This led the groups that practiced agriculture to migrate in search of new fertile land and water for farming.
There was population increase. This created pressure on the causing others to migrate in search for new land.
Occupation, agriculture, hunting, blacksmith etc.
Succession disputes in some cases
GRADE 11 HISTORY.
TOPIC: BANTU MIGRATIONS INTO CENTRAL AFRICA BEFORE
1800.
OBJECTIVES: Pupils should be able to:
Define the term “ Bantu”
Define the term “ Migration”
Explain the origin of the Bantu.
Explain the causes of the migration and settlement of the
Bantu
Describe the ways of life of the Bantu.
ORIGIN
Bantu is a common term used to refer to the over 400 different ethnic groups of Africa stretching from south of the Sahara desert to South
Africa that have similar languages and to some extent customs. Their movements are called migrations their large scale movements over long distances. It is important however to understand that these movement did not occur at once. They took place in phases.
The Bantu speaking people were part of the Iron Age people from the Middle East. They settled along the banks of the River Nile. Later, they moved to North Africa and occupied some areas in the Sahara grasslands.
From here, they moved to the area around Lake Chad, Nigeria and the
Cameroon highlands area called the Benue-Cross region. However, some settled in the great lakes region in east Africa.
These people were given the name ‘Bantu’ because of the similarities that were noticed in their languages. For example, the prefix
‘ba-’ and the suffix ‘-ntu’ was common among the languages they spoke. To illustrate this, look at the table below which shows translations of the word
‘person’ and ‘people’ into some Zambian Bantu languages:
1
Language
Lozi
Tonga
Bemba
Kaonde
Tumbuka
Singular
Mutu
Muntu
Umuntu
Muntu muntu Plural
Batu
Bantu
Abantu
Bantu antu CAUSES
The drying up of the Sahara grasslands. This led the groups that practiced agriculture to migrate in search of new fertile land and water for farming.
There was population increase. This created pressure on the causing others to migrate in search for new land.
Occupation, agriculture, hunting, blacksmith etc.
Succession disputes in some cases