What caused the Bantu migration?

The Bantu migration was caused by multiple factors including a search for new land and resources, famine, overpopulation, increased competition for resources, and regional climate change.

What is the Bantu migration and why is it important?

The Bantu migration was a large population movement over time from southern West Africa to Central, Eastern, and Southern Africa. The movement spread new technologies, farming methods, and language.

What were the effects of Bantu migration?

The effects of the Bantu migration included a spread to other parts of Africa of new technologies like iron tools, farming techniques, pottery making, new foods, language, and an increase in people living together in villages.

Bantu Migration

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Definition

The Bantu migration from their origins in southern West Africa saw a gradual population movement sweep through the central, eastern, and southern parts of the continent starting in the mid-2nd millennium BCE and finally ending before 1500 CE. With them, the Bantu brought new technologies and skills such as cultivating high-yield crops and iron-working which produced more efficient tools and weapons.

More about: Bantu Migration

Timeline

c. 2000 BCE - c. 1500 CE
The Bantu Migration occurs in Africa starting from southern West Africa and slowly spreading southwards to finally reach South Africa.