Bantu Expansionism History Flashcards
The Intracontinental shifting Crusade implicated the Mass exodus of people. This signifies as a Critical juncture in African History. The Bantu speaking frontiers were the members of the Niger Congo Linguistics family. They honed technological dexterity particularly as Iron Metallurgists. Their purpose reflected the Transplantation of the Smelting trade. This forged a nascent civilization. The Second Millennium ( 2000- 1001 B.C. ) commenced the migratory behavior of the Bantu Frontiers. It spanned the time capsules of two Millennials that also includes the First Millennium of 1000 to 1 B.C. Again the FIRST migration began during the Second Millennium B.C. The Bantu Frontiers peregrinated from the Benue Valley of both Nigeria and Cameroon to the Lacustrine Maziwa Makuu , Africa’s Great Lakes.
1st Bantu Expansion
A Swahili term for Africa’s Great Lakes. It embodies the series of the Rift Valley lakes. The scenery is lacustrine . The lacustrine bodies encompass Lake Tanganyika as the World 2nd largest Freshwater . Lake Malawi as the World 2nd largest freshwater . Collectively , these lacustrine regions comprised of 31,000 km ( 7400 cubic mile ) of water . Its ambit of vastness surpasses North American 5 Great ‘ HOMES ‘ . This is an ancient homeland of Biodiversity teeming with aquatic life. The mellifluous lode and waterway conduit lead into the Riparian countries in the Great Lakes : Burundi , Malawi , Ethiopia , Democratic Republic of the Congo , Kenya , Rwanda , Mozambique , Zambia , Tanzania , and Uganda . These 10 countries are interlacustrine.
Maziwa Makuu
First Millennium is the time capsule spanning from 1000 B.C. to 1 B.C. . The Bantu speaking interstices osmotized and transplanted their Linguistics from the Maziwa Makuu terrain to East Africa and Southern Africa. Around the Second Century B.C. ( 200 - 101 B.C. ) , the Bantu Frontiers furthered their migration into the Upper Zambezi Valley where they settled.
Bantu Second Expansion
First Millennium A.D ( Anno Domini ) represents the time capsule from 1 A.D to 1000A.D. During the First Century ( 1 A.D. -100 A.D.) , the Bantu’s ramifications took in a decisive course on a Westward directionality. The Bantu migrated to the Savannah region of Angola du jour. Another sects of Bantu chose the Eastward ramification of wayward travel. They devaricated to these Eastward zones : Malawi du jou , Zambia du jour , and Zimbabwe du jour . 2001 years ago around the 21 A.D. , the Bantu launched a critical diversion from the Eastward terrain to the Indian Ocean littoral of Kenya and Tanzania. A coalescent event transpired between the Bantu AND the reunited friends from Malawi , Zambia , and Zimbabwe.
3rd Bantu Expansion
The Time capsule is between 101 A.D. - - 200 A.D. of the Second Century C.E. and the First Millennium . The Coalition of the Bantu and their reunited friends ( Malwian , Zambian , & Zimbabwean ) orchestrated and mobilized another Migratory Treks. The Southern ramification of Migration landed them in Maputo , Mozambique. Their settlement finalized in Durban.
4th Bantu Expansion
Amidst the Bantu Expansion , there was an outgrowth of the monarchical societies subjected to Autocratic rules and leadership.
The 4 main Interlacustrine and Pre- Colonial smaller States concentrated around the Great Lakes regions such as Buganda , Rwanda , and Burundi . Colonialism began with the European 19th Century intromission. How ? The European had maintained the African traditional Border under its Colonial power. Their action divided and dismantled the African Monarchies. “…Europe expropriated the Nile…” The mass arrival of European Missionaries brought about coercive proselytization and conversion of the Africans. Unfortunately , the European missionaries opened up the African Great Lakes and the soliterraineous soil for future European Colonization ( a Toxic Alloy of settlement & Colonial Rules ). The African indigenes experienced the decimation of their population as from intense exposure to European pathogenic and deadly diseases. Africans had NO immunity to the arcane vectors. Premature Mortality arose thus affecting the longevity of Humans and livestock in t he Age of Neo Colonialism . African Sovereignty and the African Renaissance blossomed in the happy year of the 1960s. The Africans reclaimed their Maziwa Makuu , their ecological treasure of civilization.
Maziwa Makuu : Historical Prologue
The Western Rift Valley’s Freshwater of Maziwa Makuu has a bounty and abundance of Cichlid . This aquamarine species spawn the lacustrine African Great Lakes. Is this about Climatology or Fauna or Flora
Maziwa Makuu’s Flora & Fauna
The Great Lakes regions is descriptively Zephyr and cool highland by relative comparison. . The temperate range is between 17° Celsius ( 63 F) to 19°Celsius ( 65F) . The terrestrial ecozone is teeming and replete with Savannahs and concentric highland. Obversely , the Lowland is characteristically dense coppice and sylvan. Forests abound especially in the Congo Basin. There lay extant drainage system at Congo Zaire , Nile , and Zambezi riverine. All drain into the Atlantic Ocean , the Mediterranean Sea , and Indian Ocean. As for Lake Turkana region , the terrain is descriptively arid and sultry with short rainfall in October and long rainy season from April to May. Is this passage a reference to Fauna and Flora or Climatology ?.
Maziwa Makuu’s Climatology
Of or pertaining to or situated for dwelling on the Bank of a River or other body of water; In Law , it is a person owning land on the bank of the Natural watercourse or body water .
Riparian
A family of the cichlidae . It is an integral part of the Cichliformes ( a member of the vertebrates family ). The Convict Blenny is its cognate and the closest family. Both this spawning fish and convict blenny are classified as fishes of the World. The typologies of Cichlidae family encompass Tilapia , oscars , discus , and angel fish. All are freshwater fishes. They are also endemic to Africa’s Maziwa Makuu base.
Cichlid
First Millennium A.D. was the time capsule between 1 A.D - 1000A.D The migratory group of the Bantu furthered its expansion into the Great KEI river of South Africa , du jour. This regional area was largely the territorial domain of the Khoisan interstices . This marks as the LAST Frontier settlement of the Bantu clan.
Last Bantu Frontiers Settlement
There was an inevitable drawback and hindrance to Bantu settlement in two attempted geographical zones : NAMIBIA and Western Cape. Why? Both had NO ecological adaptation for the Bantu crop cultivars : Sorghum. . The Western Cape had no arable land feasibility. Namibia had wintry rainfall. These ecological factors served as an hindrance to viable Sorghum cultivation.
Non Bantu Settlement in Namibia and Western Cape
