IV.] 



THE AFRICAN NEGRO : II. 



a fixed point of initial dispersion in the extreme north-east, and 

 allusion has frequently been made to migratory movements, some 

 even now going on, generally from east to west, and, on the east side 

 of the continent, from north to south, with here an important but 

 still quite recent reflux from Zululand back nearly to Lake Victoria. 

 If a parallel current be postulated as setting on the Atlantic side 

 in prehistoric times from south to north, from Hereroland to the 

 Cameriins, or possibly the other way, we shall have nearly all the 

 factors needed to explain the general dispersion of the Bantu 

 peoples over their vast domain. 



Support is given to this view by the curious distribution of 

 the two chief Bantu names of the "Supreme Being," to which 

 incidental reference has already been made. As first pointed out 

 I think by Dr Bleek, (M)unkulunkulu with its 

 numerous variants prevails along the eastern sea- 

 board, Nzambi along the western, and both in 

 many parts of the interior ; while here and there 

 the two meet, as if to indicate prehistoric inter- 

 minglings of two great primeval migratory movements. From 

 the subjoined table a clear idea may be had of the general 

 distribution : 



Eastern 

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 Western Na- 

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MUNKULUNKULU 



( Mpondo : Ukulukulu 

 Zulu : Unkulunkulu 

 Inhambane : Mulungulu 

 Sofala : Murungu 

 Bechuana : Mulungulu 

 Lake Moero : Mulungu 

 Lake Tanganyika : Mulungu 

 Makua : Moloko 

 Quillimane : Mlugu 

 Lake Bangweolo : Mungu 

 Tete, Zambesi : Muungu 

 Nyasaland : Murungu 

 Swahili : Muungu 

 Giryama : Mulungu 

 Pokomo : Mungo 

 Nyika : Mulungu 

 Kamba : Mulungu 

 Yanzi : Molongo 



V Herero : Mukuru 



NZAMBI 



Eshi-Kongo : Nzambi 

 Kabinda : Nzambi Pongo 

 Lunda: Zambi 

 Bateke : Nzam 

 Barotse : Nyampe 

 Bihe : Nzambi 

 Loango : Zambi, Nyambi 

 Bunda : Onzambi 

 Bangala : Nsambi 

 Bakele: Nshambi 

 Rungu : Anyambi 

 Ashira : Aniembie 

 Mpongwe : Njambi 

 Benga : Anyambi 

 Dwala : Nyambi 

 Yanzi : Nyambi 

 Herero : Ndyambi 



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