BANTU NEGROES 



on 



330. BAHIMA AMI BAIKO (THE TWU .MUiIH.E FH.IKKS AKK HAHI.MAj 



the Negro type as far soutli as Zululand, and perliaps along the edge of 

 the Consfo watershed as far west as the Caineroons. be overlooked hv the 

 student of African anthropology. 



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

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

 according to the clan to which they belong or i'roiii which they are 

 descended. The name employed by the present writer is •• Hi ma.'' that 

 being the pronunciation most common in I'ganda,* Toro. and Ankole; 

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



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

 Luganda becomes " Bayima," and the root is "-yima " or "' -im?."' 



