Maps of Adamawa
Pygmoid/Twa Populations (Blench)
Pygmoid/Twa Populations
Map Creator: Roger Blench
Source: 2006. Archaeology, Language, and the African Past. Lanham: AltaMira Press. 175.
Date Created: 2006
Map Description:
The shaded regions of this map outline areas of scattered Pygmoid and Twa populations. These groups often dwell in rainforest or remote swamp areas, and many speak Bantu languages. Roger Blench cites Serge Bahuchet who argues that they may have once spoken a language unique from those of their surrounding groups, but that over time, they absorbed the surrounding languages due to the relationships formed with the incoming Bantu cultivators. This information is part of a larger work which describes the history and current status of various language groups throughout the continent in order to reconstruct the African past.
Source: 2006. Archaeology, Language, and the African Past. Lanham: AltaMira Press. 175.
Date Created: 2006
Map Description:
The shaded regions of this map outline areas of scattered Pygmoid and Twa populations. These groups often dwell in rainforest or remote swamp areas, and many speak Bantu languages. Roger Blench cites Serge Bahuchet who argues that they may have once spoken a language unique from those of their surrounding groups, but that over time, they absorbed the surrounding languages due to the relationships formed with the incoming Bantu cultivators. This information is part of a larger work which describes the history and current status of various language groups throughout the continent in order to reconstruct the African past.
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The Migrations and Emirates of Fulbe (Newman)
The Migrations and Emirates of Fulbe
Map Creator:
James L. Newman
Source: 1995. The Peopling of Africa. New Haven: Yale University Press. 53.
Date Created: 1995
Map Description:
This map displays the origin areas of the Fulbe people (Fulfulde speakers) and the migration paths they took. Also pictured are important cities of the times and the large civilizations which were influenced by the Fulbe group. Newman states that the original impetus for migration may have been the increasingly powerful, Islamacized Takrur. He also discusses their culture and how their movement affected government systems and other sedentary peoples (Newman 1995: 51-54).
Source: 1995. The Peopling of Africa. New Haven: Yale University Press. 53.
Date Created: 1995
Map Description:
This map displays the origin areas of the Fulbe people (Fulfulde speakers) and the migration paths they took. Also pictured are important cities of the times and the large civilizations which were influenced by the Fulbe group. Newman states that the original impetus for migration may have been the increasingly powerful, Islamacized Takrur. He also discusses their culture and how their movement affected government systems and other sedentary peoples (Newman 1995: 51-54).
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