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Old 30th November 2009, 15:43
Emgee Emgee is offline
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I have finished to say about the hunger in the world and very courious about central and south africa, because i don't know much about there, in brazil the slaves where from angola, moçambique, but they was a quota of africa people not the whole people that lives in africa, bantus, zulus, and lot of others, in Brazil african culture is most know about angola, moçambique countries that speak portuguese, but about the others i have that question that i show up.
I think it's great that you are curious about people in other parts of the world. South Africa is home to people from different tribes that were already here when white people arrived from other parts of the world in the 1600s. Take a look at this page on the website http://www.southafrica.com/languages/ and use the navigation on the left side of the page to find out more about the eleven official languages of South Africa and a bit about the background of the people that speak these languages. Bantu not a single tribe, but is a general name for a black person from central to southern Africa - originating from African languages. Also, if you check out the map, (http://www.southafrica.com/maps/) you'll see that Mozambique borders South Africa, while Angola is north of Namibia. I have visited Mozambique - it is a beautiful country, with friendly people, but very poverty-stricken.
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Old 30th November 2009, 15:47
Magenta_M Magenta_M is offline
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Bantu not a single tribe, but is a general name for a black person from central to southern Africa - originating from African languages.
Wikipedia has some interesting information regarding the term 'Bantu'
Bantu peoples - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bantu languages - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Bantustan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
I was under the impression that black South Africans are offended by the term - am I mistaken?
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