what did the bantu tribe trade?

Question

what did they trade, who did they trade with, and how did they trade?

Answer 1

Hey Jesse,

The traders came to find things that they could not get from their own countries for example, leopard skins, tortoise shells, ivory, wild animals, rhinoceros horns and gold. In exchange they brought things made of metal like tools, utensils, swords and daggers. The early traders at the coast also brought cowrie shells and beads which the people traded with and they travelled to distant places inland to trade with them.

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Answer 2

The Bantu Tribe

Answer 3

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By the Bantu migrations, I assume that you mean the expansion of the Bantu language speaking peoples from the region near modern Nigeria and Cameroon both south and east. This movement of peoples and culture (including agriculture and metalworking) happened in waves and took place over many centuries. Prior to their movement, all of Africa south of the equator was peopled by neolithic hunting and foraging tribes. Prior to the migrations, the Bantu were hunters and gatherers, but seemed to have the ability to link several villages and tribes into a larger group based upon trade and language. These Kinship groups coupled local autonomy into wider political structures that are not considered States or Nations in the typical meaning. Barkcloth, rather than fabric was typically used until the introduction of cotton many years later. They lived in beehive houses which were made with stones, mud, poles, and often cow dung. Food was typical of most hunter/gatherers and included small animals and possibly bananas. Later migrations spread agriculture and domestic animals.

Answer 4

As far as I am aware, they were self sufficient. Their animals although limited and their crops, also limited gave them everything they needed in the way of food and clothing. Their homes were made from natural materials that they could gather. The more refined things they also made from materials around them, even the clay pots. The only trading was within the clan, artisan goods for food, no trading beyond that until they met the Europeans, then it was cattle and food crops for guns and alcohol.