Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched ? Tribes Habitat (a) Fulani West Africa (b) Bantu Sahara (c) Masai East Africa (d) Nuba Sudan

Which one of the following pairs is not correctly matched ? Tribes Habitat (a) Fulani West Africa (b) Bantu Sahara (c) Masai East Africa (d) Nuba Sudan Correct Answer b

Bantu-Sahara(option b) is NOT correct.

• Among the options, only Bantu-Sahara is NOT a correct pair.

Key Points 

• Bantu comprising several hundred indigenous ethnic groups in Africa, from Cameroon to South Africa, united by a common language family (the Bantu languages).
  • Bantu is occupying almost the entire southern projection of the African continent.
  • They were agriculturalists who spoke various dialects of the Bantu language.
  • The Bantu first originated around the Benue- Cross rivers area in southeastern Nigeria and spread over Africa to the Zambia area.
  • Bantu began to migrate into Central Africa and then across to the Great Lakes region of East Africa during the 2nd millennium BCE.
  • The coastal settlements of East Africa were founded by Bantu people.
  • Bantu migrants introduced many new skills into the communities like sophisticated farming and industry.

Additional Information 

• The Maasai are a nomadic tribe in East Africa.
  • They are mainly living in Kenya and Tanzania.
  • They are called the kings of the African savannah.
• Fulani is a group of people scattered throughout many parts of West Africa.
  • It is one of the largest ethnic groups in West Africa.
  • They were originally pastoral people, and their lives and organization were dominated by the needs of their herds.
• Nubas are the inhabitants of the Nuba Hills in Sudan.
  • They are primarily farmers, as well as herders.