Eric Washington's reaction to my post referring to the term "Bantu" makes
me realize that I may have confused the linguistic group and the ethnic
group. Thank you for the remark.
However, there is a fundamental question that remains unanswered: Can
we not speak of a Bantu people ? According to James Newman, in his
earlier post, there is no such a thing as Bantu people. I personally
believe that the linguistic relatedness of many ethnic groups,
members of the Bantu linguistic group, constitutes a basis for the
definition of some identity. The same way we speak of Latin, Anglo-
Saxon, or Semitic people... Note that a language is an essential
cultural element that characterizes the identity of people.