How Did The Bantu Migrations Shape African Culture

In African Society and Culture, the Bantu migrations helped shape many countries in Africa to have similar traditions and cultures. The main points of the section of the chapter are the Bantu migrations helped shape many cultures in Africa south of the Sahara, the African slave trade changed greatly when Muslims and Europeans began taking captives from the continent of Africa, and Enslaved Africans developed the rich culture that influenced many other cultures, including our own. Europeans came to Africa, people all over the continent had created many discrete cultures. The Bantu people spread skills like pottery making, mining, iron working, and languages. First, the Bantu migrations shaped many countries in Africa to have similar traditions and cultures. The Bantu migrations helped develop the importance of family, the significance of education and community and the role of women. A family is the foundation of an African society. When a woman leaves her family, her husband must pay the bride price to make up for the loss. “Bride price constitutes an extremely important part of the African tradition, in many cultures, a woman is unmarried until the man pays her bride price even though they are both living together already.” -

Slavery started in Africa, including the time of the European Slave Trade. Europeans did not contrive slavery, it was long before. The trade in humans grew as the trade with Muslim merchants increased. Slaves in Africa has more rights. Slaves in Africa lost the protection of their family and their place in society through enslavement. But eventually they or their children might become part of their master’s family and become free. - cited from http://www.discoveringbristol.org.uk/slavery/people-involved/enslaved-people/enslaved-africans/africa-slavery/. Slavery was a cruel period of time in the beautiful country of