History of Africa · The History of Africa Podcast
What Does Bantu Mean: A Historiography of Bantu Linguistics and History
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The Bantu Authorities Act transformed black South Africans from second-class citizens into non-citizens of their own country
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A careful history of how Bantu linguistics took shape in the 19th century.
This episode traces the academic study of Bantu linguistics back to 19th-century European language study, then follows how languages in southern and central Africa came to be treated as a single whole.
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Trace one loaded word back through South African history and 19th-century linguistics.
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