Bantu refers to a large, complex linguistic grouping of peoples in Africa. Cameroon is situated by the Gulf of Guinea on the west coast of Africa. They are united by the Bantu language family and share many customs. Linguistically, these languages belong to the Southern Bantoid branch of Benue–Congo, one of the language families grouped within the Niger–Congo phylum. See more ideas about Cameroon, Black is … Cameroon - Cameroon - People: The country has been described as an “ethnic crossroads” because of its more than 200 different ethnic groups. The Bantu people are found in Rwanda and other countries in southern Africa. How Did I Get Cameroon, Congo, and Southern Bantu Peoples in My DNA Results? Jan 25, 2019 - Explore Martita Williams's board "My AncestryDNA: *Cameroon/Congo/Southern Bantu", followed by 255 people on Pinterest. The Bantu languages are spoken in a very large area, including most of Africa from southern Cameroon eastward to Kenya and southward to the southernmost tip of the continent. Bantu peoples, the approximately 85 million speakers of the more than 500 distinct languages of the Bantu subgroup of the Niger-Congo language family, occupying almost the entire southern projection of the African continent. These Bantu groups have a genetic ethnicity better represented by the Southeastern Bantu … Cameroon, Congo and Southern Bantu Peoples on Ancestry; Where is the Southeastern Bantu DNA ethnicity? What are “Cameroon, Congo, and Southern Bantu" in my DNA test results? Nigeria lies to the west, Chad and the Central African Republic to the east, and the People's Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon to the south.

The Bantu peoples began migrating from Cameroon in about 1000 B.C. About Isobel Mitton Isobel Mitton is a scifi/fantasy author of the “Across the Realm” scifi/fantasy book series. Around the 1920s, whites in South Africa started to use the term “Bantu.” Over time, the term began to be perceived as racially offensive, and many modern South Africans prefer to use the term “African” instead because of the connotations with apartheid South Africa.

Jan 25, 2019 - Explore Martita Williams's board "My AncestryDNA: *Cameroon/Congo/Southern Bantu", followed by 255 people on Pinterest. Starting about 3,000 years ago, Bantu-speaking peoples spread from an area around the border of modern-day Cameroon and Nigeria through much of sub-Saharan Africa in one of the greatest migrations in human history. She also writes Erotic romance based on … Let us help you plan your dream safari. Extending through the heart of Africa, our Cameroon, Congo, and Southern Bantu Peoples region winds through tropical rainforest, humid savanna, and semi-arid desert. I had to take plenty of world geography and history classes in college, as many people do. Nigeria lies to the west, Chad and the Central African Republic to the east, and the People's Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and Gabon to the south. Its area is 179,527 square miles (465,000 square kilometers).

Cameroon is situated by the Gulf of Guinea on the west coast of Africa. The Cameroon-Bamileke Bantu people cluster encompasses multiple Bantu ethnic groups primarily found in Cameroon, the largest of which is the Bamileke.