Humans' unique language capacity was present at least 135,000 years ago, according to a survey of genomic evidence. As such, language might have entered social use 100,000 years ago.

New genetic research suggests that humans first developed language around 135,000 years ago when populations began ...

One of the most profound questions about human history is when language, as we know it, first emerged. A new analysis of ...

The colonial categorisation of African peoples into distinct groups such as Bantu, Nilotes, Khoi and other artificial ...

Bantu knots, also called ‘Zulu knots’ or ‘Nubian knots’, are a traditional African hairstyle hailing from the Zulu Kingdom of Southern Africa. “They’re small coiled buns created by ...

Last month was African American History month. On Feb. 21, Enterprise columnist Bob Seidenstein wrote about “Some words on words.” Time for some stories. In some mafia movies you hear “Send him to ...

In 2016, Marivate and his fellow researchers established the Deep Learning Indaba conference (in Bantu languages, indaba means a consultation or an important discussion) to help to build a local ...

Although it has few speakers in Zimbabwe, the language has many more speakers in Malawi and Mozambique. Kalanga, also known as TjiKalanga or Ikalanga, is a Bantu language spoken by the Kalanga ...