South African ǀ African
Photo: Nelson Mandela, president of South Africa 1994-1999.
South Africa is a multi-ethnic nation and has diverse cultures and languages.
Major ethnic groups include the Zulu, Xhosa, Basotho (South Sotho), Bapedi (North Sotho), Venda, Tswana, Tsonga, Swazi and Ndebele, all of which predominantly speak South Bantu languages. The term “Bantu” means “people” and refers to the people speaking Bantu as opposed to one specific ethnic group. The remainder classify themselves as Khoisan.
South African – Black – Capetown represents 98 unrelated African individuals living in Cape Town who were sampled in 2005 by the University of Yamanashi in Yamanashi, Japan.
Source publication: Population data on the AmpFlSTR Identifiler loci in Africans and Europeans from South Africa, FSI, 2007, p232-235.
[Population 314]
