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SUMMARY:AAG Lent 2023 Seminar 3 - Bantu Expansion:  A Migration and more Q
 uestions - Professor Pierre de Maret\, Université libre de Bruxelles
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DESCRIPTION:Notice Change of Date: Due to upcoming UCU strikes\, this semi
 nar has now been postponed to Friday Feb 24th \n\nThe magnitude and speed 
 of the Bantu Expansion continues to fascinate scientists from different di
 sciplines and to feed multiple controversies. The nature of the phenomenon
  that led to the spread of Bantu languages over nearly a third of the cont
 inent\, from Cameroon to South Africa\, has long been questioned. Did this
  “expansion” result from the actual movement of people rather than jus
 t a linguistic and a cultural diffusion? Thanks to genetic research of the
  last decade\, DNA markers do indicate that there was indeed a large-scale
  migration. This is game-changing. \n\nIn this presentation\, I will try t
 o provide an overview of what we know at this stage\, based on recent and 
 ongoing research projects in Central Africa.\n\nWhat do we know about ance
 stral Bantu speakers in their homeland in the Nigerian-Cameroonian borderl
 and? What was the basis of their subsistence? When and how did they spread
 ? Following which routes? How did they interact with autochthonous hunter-
 gatherers? To what extent do archaeological\, linguistic\, genetic\, and e
 thnographical data relate to each other? How did the language that was at 
 the origin of East Bantu languages reach the Great Lakes region from the P
 roto-Bantu homeland? Where is more research needed?\n\nDr Pierre de Maret 
 is Professor Emeritus of Archaeology and Anthropology and former Rector of
  the Université libre de Bruxelles. He has been engaged in extensive fiel
 dwork in Central Africa for many years. A member of the Belgian Royal Acad
 emy\, he holds several Honorary Degrees.\n\nThis is an online event via Zo
 om. Register in advance for this meeting here: https://zoom.us/j/916245071
 07?pwd=Vlc0VG5DOXNDNjFJbDNaWjM2ZTd0Zz09 
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