Mashariki Bantu Establish Chifumbaze Ironworking Culture
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- Series: Great Events from History: The Ancient World, Prehistory-476
- Categories: Technology, Inventions, Economics, Civilizations, Cultures
- Subcategories: African Americans, Blacks, Crafts, Prehistoric Humans
- Curriculum: African History, Ancient History
- Geographical Location: Burundi, Rwanda
- Date: c. 1000-c. 700
Article abstract: The Chifumbaze segment of Bantu culture produced pottery and iron tools that have been uncovered by archaeologists in eastern, central, and southern Africa.
Summary of Event
Chifumbaze material culture encompasses pottery, iron tools, and perhaps even architectural styles. Chifumbaze refers more generally to the early Iron Age industrial complex and material culture uncovered in Rwanda and Burundi, which resembles other eastern and southern African regional variants of the same broad era. Some scholars have even applied the term...
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