Category: History
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Bantu series 3 – What is the original Pygmy language ?
In this article, we are going to question the common assessment that Pygmies populations (also known as Twa or Abatwa) have lost their original language and adopted a Bantu language. And ask ourselves, what is the original Pygmy/Twa language ? The Pygmies or Twa people are a group of population…
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Bantu series 2 – How did they pass the Equatorial forest ?
According to the Bantu expansion theory, Bantu migrate from Mount Cameroon towards Central, Eastern and Southern Africa by crossing the Equatorial forest. The Equatorial Forest of the Congo basin is the second largest rainforest in the world, after the Amazonian forest. It covers an area of more than 2 million…
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Bantu series 1- Introduction : the Bantu expansion theory
In this first article of this Bantu series, we present the Bantu expansion theory. Most of Central, Eastern and Southen Africa are inhabited by people speaking Bantu languages. These languages, which belong to the Niger-Congo family, have been classified as one linguistic group based on the common use of the…
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Bantu series – The Bantu theory is false
In the following series of articles – called the Bantu series – we are going to challenge the common theory of Bantu expansion. The Bantu expansion theory states that current Bantu populations inhabiting Central, Eastern and Southern Africa originate from Mount Cameroon area (near the Nigeria/Cameroon border) and have spread…
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Chronology of the Kitara Empire
It’s not an easy task to draw the chronology for civilization which did not use writing. However thanks to archaeology, linguistics and oral tradition, we can reconstruct a global chronology for the Kitara civilization from the ancient times to our days :
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The Kitara Empire – an overview
The Great Lakes Region is rich in history, and located next to the most ancient human-occupied sites of the world (Omo Valley, Olduvai gorge, Ngorongoro crater). However, few elements are known about his history in the previous millenia. According to oral traditions, few centuries ago, the Great Lakes region was…
Empire of Kitara 