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"Bantu" Quotes from Famous Books

... before us, bearing in mind what our people have done and suffered by the help of God. In this way we may be enabled to continue the work of our fathers, and possibly to complete it. Their deeds of heroism in adventures with Bantu and Briton shine forth like guiding stars through the history of the past, in order to point out the way for posterity to reach that goal for which our sorely tried people have made such great sacrifices, and for which they have ...

— A Century of Wrong • F. W. Reitz

... dense forest- land formed by the junction of the Cross and Calabar Hirers, fought and defeated the Ibibios who dwelt there, and taken possession of the territory. They were of the tribe of Okoyong believed to be an outpost, probably the most westerly outpost, of the Bantu race of Central and South Africa, who had thrust themselves forward like a wedge into negro-land. Physically they were of a higher type than the people of Calabar. They were taller and more muscular, their nose was higher, the mouth and chin were firmer, their eye was more fearless ...

— Mary Slessor of Calabar: Pioneer Missionary • W. P. Livingstone

... the territories of two chiefs named Nala and Wambe, Wambe's territory being to the north, and Nala's to the south. Nala ruled a tribe of bastard Zulus called the Butiana, and Wambe a much larger tribe, called the Matuku, which presents marked Bantu characteristics. For instance, they have doors and verandahs to their huts, work skins perfectly, and wear a waistcloth and not a moocha. At this time the Butiana were more or less subject to the Matuku, having ...

— Maiwa's Revenge - The War of the Little Hand • H. Rider Haggard

Words linked to "Bantu" : Chichewa, Luyia, African, Niger-Congo, Bechuana, Mashi, Chaga, Bantu-speaking, Kinyarwanda, Chagga, Hutu, Tshiluba, Swahili, Mwera, Tutsi, Watusi, Kichaga, Chiluba, Watutsi, Tonga, Nguni, Luba, fang, Chishona, Sotho, Batswana, Giriama, LuGanda, Umbundu, Kongo, Shona, Herero, Pokomo, Bantoid language, Tswana, Nyamwezi, ChiMwini