The Bantu, San and Khoikhoi
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- čas přidán 25. 08. 2024
- Explore the rich tapestry of Central and Southern Africa's population before the era of colonization in this captivating video. Join us as we delve into the vibrant cultures and ethnic groups that thrived across this diverse region.
In this enlightening journey, we shine a spotlight on the Bantu, San people, Khoikhoi people, and Pygmies, showcasing their distinct lifestyles, languages, and societal structures. Discover the fascinating dynamics of the Bantu migration, a monumental event that shaped the landscapes and cultures of the region.
Our narrative aims to shed light on the often-overlooked history of these indigenous communities, their harmonious relationships with the land, and the intricate social systems they developed. By understanding their stories, we gain valuable insights into the roots of Africa's heritage.
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Amazing video
Hope you enjoyed it!
Bantu is not an ethnic group but a language group spoken by various African ethnic groups who are genetically and culturally unique from each other. My people migrated from North East and Central Africa.
DNA says a different story Bantus all have e1b1a genetic marking showing all Bantu are related and from a common area
@MALEECKSWIFE29 Bantu is not an ethnic group. And you wrong, E1B1A is predominantly found in West Africa and moderately found in Southern Africa where I'm from. Same as E1B1B, which is predominantly found in the horn of Africa and moderately found in North Africa and moderately in Southern Africa. The genetic marker predominantly found in Southern Africa was formed in the green Sahara.
Bantus are not a single ethnic group, They are an umbrella term to athe diverse group of 900+ ethnicities and languages which have similarities hence the Bantu
@simpleafricanhistory bantu was a term coined by a German linguist in 1895 at the height of colonial racism. It has derogatory connotations in South Africa as it was primarily used derogatorily by apartheid regime. Bantu is not a race or ethnicity.
@MALEECKSWIFE29 you are absolutely mislead. E1B1a is a haplogroup and is not exclusive to a language grouping. Moreover, all tribes grouped into the Bantu language grouping don't have E1b1a. This is one of the lies genetic testing companies try to push.
Some people in the comments are quite ignorant. Abantu is a name common among the languages within the Bantu group. Hence it's used a label. Bantu peoples share genetic and linguistic relations and are the biggest people group in Africa. They are not one tribe nor they were ever. Thanks for the video🙏
Great video
Love your video , history comes alive
Thank you so for your support, more are coming
Thanks for the video really interesting
Thank you for watching, .working hard to upload soon !
This is disappointing, how is it that our history doesn't go through the same academic rigour and intellectualism as other histories. The colonial project is still alive and well I see
Well if you notice other people wrote things down... like how Jews wrote the Torah. even today you guys don't want to read blame yourself
@@macavalli2619 I think he means how we talk about the pre-Roman contact Germans, who didn't write anything down. The Celts who didn't write anything down. Even the Yamnaya who wrote nothing down. We know about those groups. What guys don't want to read? How would you know what we do?
Thanks for the video really great keep uploading
Thanks, will do!
This is a more balanced telling of the story. I appreciate that you touched on the fact that "Bantu" is used as a language grouping, but personally I would have done more to stress that there is no tribe named Bantu and that it is a misappropriated word.
Thanks for pointing that out , Bantus are not a single “tribe” it’s an umbrella term to describe various ethnicities in central and Southern Africa.
@simpleafricanhistory it use to be until it grew to large to continue being one
@@therealfootballanalystftb6687 there was never any tribe called Bantu. There were tribes that referred to all people as Bantu. Also you must acknowledge that tribes referred to as Bantu, because of similarities in languages. Not all these tribes were one, nor do they all come from the same place. Languages spread many ways, from trade to conquest.
@@alisterdirector1475they did came from one place and then dispersed during the migration. Am surprised some bantus do not know this.
@@africaine4889 which Bantu tribes are you referring to?
This is interesting 😮
In truth, fact, honesty, and bluntness in terms of technology within Southern African Countries in overall tools, weaponry, dispenseries etc it went Bantus>Xhosas>Khois>Sans in that order in ancient and midieval clockers yeah.
the xhosa are a bantu group
I don't understand you @matthewmann what are you saying?
@@samkelombambo916I am talking about advancement and updating of technology such as tools and weapons as well as armor yeah.
What is the source of your information and how credible is it?
The information is based on archeological and linguistics studies
@@simpleafricanhistory Just say you got the information on internet.
You left out an important detail, _that the whole Bantu theory was invented by _*_Wilhem Bleek_*_ , a Dutch refugee from Netherlands (in Europe), before he and his folk began stealing land in Southern Africa_ . Your whole video is false anyway
Wher do u take this word Bantu from??
It’s the word which is found in all central and southern part of the African languages which means “People or person” the languages are pretty much related
@@simpleafricanhistorynot only central and south Africa,but bantu tribes are all over Tanzania Uganda and Kenya,those countries can be found on East Africa
Yes that is correct 💯
@@simpleafricanhistory Wait...WHAT? Please stop lying. The word /Bantu/ is not universal in "all central and southern part of the African languages" 🤭🤭 You're wrong and absurd. Even the so-called "Bantu languages", the word /Bantu/ doesn't appear in all of them.
*The only defining feature of the Bantu languages is the use of suffixes - ntu/ntu/ndu/nhu - in words that refer to a human being* . That's it! Please don't make videos about things you don't even understand
False alarm
They are desert eagles , like us , most of us till we are absorbed by other cultures
Many Bantu groups also practiced circumcision and not all of them practiced women circumcision.
Bantus are Israelites.
Bachuana(Batswana) are not the bantus. You are distorting the history. The San( Masarwa) are a subgroup of the Batswana , that's why they look the same and share the same geolocation.
Let me correct you.
The original Batswana were fully Bantu and when they arrived they mixed heavily with San (and Khoi) people, i.e. Batswana men took San wives. This admixture led to more than half of all Tswana maternal lines (genetic) coming from San women. Although it wasn't common for San men to take Batswana wives, because they owned no cattle and so couldn't pay bride price (Bogadi), some did take these wives and about 10% of paternal lines come from San men.
This admixture didn't happen equally among all Batswana, so western Batswana are more mixed in with San (and Khoi) compared to eastern Batswana.
To this effect Batswana in general are about 30% San; but for western Batswana (Kwena, Rolong, Tlharo, Ngwaketse, etc) the mixture is higher. While for eastern Batswana (Kgatla, Fokeng, Tlokwa, etc) it is lower.
The San (Barwa) are not Batswana but most have adopted Tswana culture and lifestyles and live among them and have completely become one with local Setswana clans.
Yet Setswana culture has borrowed heavily from San cultures and this has made them very different from other Bantus.
(Compare with Xhosa who had something similar happen with them but instead of San they mixed with Khoi.)
@@idrismalik3246 First of all, the word Bantu is not a Tswana name. How can we as Tswana people identify ourselves with a word that is not even in our language. The word "tswana" means break away. A group a people from northwest broke into smaller groups that identified with different clan names, totems and kings . They then called they then called themselves Batswana. Tswana people did not come from northern africa. We have an ideom that says " Maropeng gwa boelwa" , which means "one should visit where he/she came from". The Maropeng caves are known as the Cradle of humankind. There is a relation between the ideom and those caves because the God who birthed all the Tswana people called LOWE OR LOE IS BELIEVED TO HAVE RESIDED IN THOSE CAVES. It is not a coincidence that one of the earliest species closer to Humans in appearance and genetically is found in those caves.
@@tshiamomaremela6870 "Bantu" is a new term but it describes a old reality.
For instance, you use/accept the name "Tswana" but Batswana clans didn't use this word for themselves until the 1800s when many outsiders used it to refer to them. (Khoi people used the term "Pirikhoe" instead of "Tswana"). Just as you can accept "Gaborone" as the name of a piece of land that previously had no commonly accepted name, and only got the name about 80 years ago, you can also accept that words like "Bantu" refer to preexisting realities. You're still part of you tribe or clan. Your Bantu ancestor from 1500 would be considered a foreigner by your people today because your current identity was formed from the mixture with San people. (Even San people don't accept that name because it's what outsiders call them, it comes from the Khoekhoe word "Sā" means to forage because San people forage and don't farm).
"Tswaana" means break away while "Tswana" has no meaning in the language beyond being a label.
The language Setswana is similar to far away Bantu languages, I could make a short list later on of shallow & deeper Setswana words compared to Swahili for instance.
@@tshiamomaremela6870 Spot-on. You're right. And let's stop foreigners from lumping us together into these imaginary laughable groupings.
Bantus are Israelites.
This is colonial history
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Pls if your story that talks about San starts by sayn they were Hunter gatherers than don't talk about San or Khoi people because you don't know our story.
go and argue with archealogists