A report on Gabon, Cameroon and Bantu expansion
Located on the equator, it is bordered by Equatorial Guinea to the northwest, Cameroon to the north, the Republic of the Congo on the east and south, and the Gulf of Guinea to the west.
- GabonIt is bordered by Nigeria to the west and north; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon and the Republic of the Congo to the south.
- CameroonThe linguistic core of the Bantu languages, which comprise a branch of the Atlantic-Congo language family, was located in the southern regions of Cameroon.
- Bantu expansionLinguistic analysis suggests that the expansion proceeded in two directions: the first went across or along the Northern border of the Congo forest region (towards East Africa), and the second – and possibly others – went south along the African coast into Gabon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Angola, or inland along the many south-to-north flowing rivers of the Congo River system.
- Bantu expansionPygmy peoples in the area were largely replaced and absorbed by Bantu tribes as they migrated.
- GabonFrom there, Bantu migrations into eastern, southern and central Africa are believed to have occurred about 2,000 years ago.
- Cameroon1 related topic with Alpha
Central Africa
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Subregion of the African continent comprising various countries according to different definitions.
Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, the Central African Republic, Chad, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Rwanda, and São Tomé and Príncipe are members of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS).
Following the Bantu Migration from Western Africa, Bantu kingdoms and empires began to develop in southern Central Africa.