Analyze how the migration of people such as the Bantu and
Zulu has had an impact on the economic, cultural, and political
aspects of Sub-Saharan Africa
How has the migration of people in Sub-Saharan Africa
affected the economic, political and cultural development of
the region?
Bantu Migration
• Settled in central and southern
Africa
• 1/3 of continent
• Founded central African
kingdoms
▫ Kongo, Luba, and Luanda
• Southeastern states in
Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia,
and Zimbabwe
• 150 million bantu speakers
Economic Impact
• Brought iron works,
farming skills and
domesticated crops
• Begin to have pastoral
grazing
• Metal working and
specialization of products
developed trade among
regions
Cultural Impact
• Bantu language
▫ Eastern Bantu
 Zimbabwe and Mozambique
to South Africa
 Swahili (50 million
speakers)
▫ Western Bantu
 Angola, Namibia, and northwestern Botswana
Cultural Impact
• Ethnic Groups
▫ Western Bantu Ethnic
Groups
 Herero and Tonga
▫ Eastern Bantu Ethnic
Groups
 Shona, the Xhosa,
Kikuyu, Zulu
Political Impact
• Political organization was local
• Large kingdoms would
develop in western and central
Africa
• Chiefdoms created to control
cattle
▫ social systems of protection
and hierarchies of authority
Africa Element E Quiz
• 1) How did the Bantu migration impact the
following aspect of Sub-Saharan Africa?
 Economics
 Politics
 Culture