Bantu peoples

Connected Sites: 11

WHS related to Bantu peoples.

"The Bantu peoples are an indigenous ethnolinguistic grouping of approximately 400 distinct native African ethnic groups who speak Bantu languages. They are spread over a vast area from West Africa, to Central Africa, Southeast Africa and into Southern Africa. They also inhabit southern areas of Northeast African states." (wiki) Swahili sites are excluded, having their own connection.

Connected Sites

Great Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe

Inscribed: 1986

3.69

42

26

Capital of the Bantu civilization
Khami Ruins

Zimbabwe

Inscribed: 1986

2.72

25

3

Butuwa
Mapungubwe

South Africa

Inscribed: 2003

3.00

22

5

Shona, Tshivhula and Venda peoples
Tombs of Buganda Kings

Uganda

Inscribed: 2001

1.94

42

6

Buganda
Mbanza Kongo

Angola

Inscribed: 2017

3.48

1

0

.
Matobo Hills

Zimbabwe

Inscribed: 2003

3.20

44

2

related to rituals of the Shona and Ndebele peoples
Mijikenda Kaya Forests

Kenya

Inscribed: 2008

2.23

21

3

The Mijikenda language belongs to the Northeast Coast Bantu branch of the larger Bantu language family.
Tsodilo

Botswana

Inscribed: 2001

3.08

20

11

There is evidence that Bantu peoples were responsible for some of the artworks in the hills. (Wiki)
Nelson Mandela Legacy Sites

South Africa

Inscribed: 2024

1.84

50

3

The Nom File contains 28 references to "Bantu" or "Bantustan". The Xhosa leaders including Mandela (Bantu Stephen Biko was even given the name) were Bantu and were fighting against the creation of "Bantustans"
Lopé-Okanda

Gabon

Inscribed: 2007

1.95

7

1

The Neolithic culture probably evolved during the Bantu expansion.
Chongoni Rock Art

Malawi

Inscribed: 2006

1.49

13

3

Chewa