May 27, 2023
Wilhelm Bleek
Name. The similarity among dispersed Bantu languages had been observed as early as the 17th century. The term Bantu as a name for the group was coined (as Bâ-ntu) by Wilhelm Bleek in 1857 or 1858, and popularized in his Comparative Grammar of 1862
Europeans caused my harm then good once they started to dissect African people. We never called ourselves Bantu People.
Bantu is a general term for over 400 different ethnic groups in Africa, from Cameroon to South Africa, united by a common language family (the Bantu languages) and in many cases common customs.
Stop clustering ethnic groups together giving a false proception of our diversity.
Using exonyms is grossly offensive and breeds misconceptions of people's.