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Bantus are not a race, they are a group of related ethnic groups in Africa. They are probably the most widespread group in Africa. Africans usually identify with their ethnicity, religion, and region or nation.
Consequently, is Bantu an ethnic group?
Bantu peoples. Bantu are the speakers of Ntu languages, comprising several hundred indigenous ethnic groups in sub-Saharan Africa, spread over a vast area from Central Africa across the African Great Lakes to Southern Africa.
Also to know, where do the Bantu originate from?
Most Bantu originated from the east Nigeria/west Cameroon region and migrated east about 3000 years ago (probably as a result of population growth in region), some of these groups migrated south from east Africa. They arrived in modern day South Africa in 200AD.
The Bantu-speaking people of southern Africa are believed to have migrated into the region roughly 2,000 years ago from western and central Africa. One of the first major civilizations in southern Africa was the vast and mysterious kingdom of Great Zimbabwe, which flourished between the 12th and 15th centuries.