Bantu Migrations
Subject:
World History [1]
Tags:
human migration [3]
Demography [4]
population [5]
Bantu peoples [6]
Bantu expansion [7]
Bantu languages [8]
Africa [9]
Human Geography [10]
Science [11]
Disaster [12]
Environment [13]
behavior [14]
Human development [15]
Love [17]
Psychoanalysis [18]
Human behavior [19]
Personal life [20]
Attachment theory [21]
Evolutionary biology [22]
Technology [23]
WHY DO PEOPLE MIGRATE? Push Factors Why people want to leave a place. Their lives might be in danger (war, famine) There may be limited economic opportunity Family members may have died or moved Pull Factors Why people are attracted to a new place. The new place might be more secure There may be more available jobs Relatives or friends may be there already REASONS FOR THE BANTU MIGRATION The reasons for the migration of the Bantu are not known but most likely included the following: Drought and famine: The Bantu moved to escape famine, which was a result of overcrowding and drought. The climate in their cradle land had become unreliable/unpredictable.