BANTU NEGROES 



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336. BAHIMA AND BAIKO (THE TWO MIDDLE FIGUBES ARE BAHIMAJ 



the Negro type as far south as Zululand, and perhaps along the edge of 

 the Congo watershed as far west as the Cameroon^, be overlooked by the 

 student of African anthropology. 



As regards the name which is borne by these (iala-like negroids, it 

 varies according to the country in which they dwell, and also, no doubt, 

 according to the clan to which they belong or from which they are 

 descended. The name employed by the present writer is " Hiiria," that 

 being the pronunciation most common in Uganda,* Ton), and Ankole; 

 " -hima " being the root, "Bahima" would be the name given to the 



* As the Luganda pronunciation does not admit an " h," the word "Bahima" in 

 Luganda becomes " Bayima," and the root is " -yinia " or " -ima." 



