#bantus

[di-devil]

Silly sketch with no theme from my oc in AFK journey.

You need to say something to the world before going to bed, right?

[the-collector-blog]

I've grown quite fond of a unique graveborn group in AFK Arena, called the Tainted. they are graveborn who did not submit to Thoran when he came back to life as a tyrannical king. they were cursed as a result, but they were truly free. I just. I love them?

(the first 2 and last 2 pics are read in order. the 3rd pic is out of place.)

I promise you this is worth your time to read, if you like AFK Arena or Journey. 🩵

[mejcinta]

[silvanio-rockers]

Banda Bantus

[diamonds4384]

I'm soooo excited about my new book🙌🏿🙌🏿🙌🏿 I'm expanding my knowledge on hair discrimination and black history in America #locs #braids #bantus #crownact (at Greensboro, North Carolina) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMDUnTHhqBD/?igshid=2nb4xl8npar2

[japilagan]

Flag of Ngunistan

(First posted in DeviantArt on 31st July, 2017)

A little background: Ngunistan is a southeast African country composed of OTL Swaziland and southeast South Africa; as the name of the country (obviously) suggested, it is the country of different Nguni tribes (e.g. Xhosa, Zulu, Swazi, Ndebele) speaking mutually intelligible dialects/languages, all of which belonged within the Bantu language family. The capital of the Ngunistan is Umtata, historically strategic border town between the now provinces of Thembuland, Pondoland and Bhacaland In relation to this scenario, the OTL Northern/Zimbabwean Ndebeles stayed in OTL southern Mpumalanga in the early to middle 19th century after a series of wars with the Zulus (with British intervention, obviously). In addition, it actually depend on the whims of destiny if Ngunistan would be either a republic or a monarchy, as long as Nelson Mandela would be part of the nation's history. For the flag itself, I used the flag of OTL African National Congress, which in this scenario is the flag of Ngunistan. At the center, I added three spears and the Nguni warrior shield, which was derived from the 1894 Swazi flag. Created and edited on Photoscape and MS Paint.

[strummingmypain]

Happy Valentine’s

“Uma lenda dos bantus trazidos da África para o Brasil conta sobre o demônio Tizim, que come os corações e bebe o sangue dos casais que encontra na mata. De acordo com a lenda, o rei Nzinga descobriu que sua esposa o estava traindo com um guerreiro. Furioso, o rei acendeu uma fogueira e sacrificou animais no fogo para falar com o diabo-da-fumaça. Pediu ajuda para matar o guerreiro e foi transformado numa grande besta de pele negra e olhos verdes sobrenaturais. O diabo moldou-lhe os pés para correr mais rápido, as mãos para cortar a carne e a cabeça para morder e quebrar os ossos e beber o sangue. Correndo como uma fera e exalando a fumaça por onde passava, o rei Nzinga encontrou a rainha e o guerreiro na mata e comeu seus corações e bebeu seu sangue, mas, enganado pelo diabo, não pôde mais voltar ao normal.

Essa lenda está preservada ainda em Angola, no Congo e na República Democrática do Congo, bem como em alguns países de destino para escravos saídos dessas regiões, como o Brasil, no interior de Minas Gerais e em Goiás, e em Trinidad e Tobago. O nome Tizim (do bantu T'zim) significa “o Bebe-Sangue”.

Há poucos anos a lenda do Tizim foi adaptada para justificar os casos de mortes de animais domésticos nas fazendas brasileiras. Nelas as mortes são atribuídas ao Chupa-cabras, que mantém ainda muitas das características do Tizim. “