ᱞᱟᱛᱟᱨ ᱥᱟᱦᱟᱨᱟ ᱨᱮᱱᱟᱜ ᱚᱛᱱᱚᱠᱤᱭᱟᱹ ᱢᱮᱯ ᱾ᱟᱨᱟᱜ: ᱟᱯᱷᱨᱤᱠᱟ ᱨᱮ ᱟᱨᱚᱵᱽ ᱫᱤᱥᱚᱢ ᱠᱚ (ᱟᱨᱚᱵᱽ ᱞᱤᱜᱽ ᱟᱨ ᱭᱩᱱᱮᱥᱠᱚ) ᱾Simplified climatic map of Africa: sub-Saharan Africa consists of the Sahel and the Horn of Africa in the north (yellow), the tropical savannas (light green) and the tropical rainforests (dark green) of Equatorial Africa, and the arid Kalahari Basin (yellow) and the "Mediterranean" south coast (olive) of Southern Africa. The numbers shown correspond to the dates of all Iron Age artifacts associated with the Bantu expansion.
