Books An Archaeology of the Bantu ExpansionEarly Settlers South of the Congo Rainforest Edited By Peter R. Coutros, Jessamy H. Doman, Igor Matonda Sakala, Koen Bostoen

"An Archaeology of the Bantu Expansion: Early Settlers South of the Congo Rainforest," edited by Peter R. Coutros, Jessamy H. Doman, Igor Matonda Sakala, and Koen Bostoen, is an extensive and multi-disciplinary volume focusing on the Bantu Expansion in Central Africa. This groundbreaking work synthesizes archaeological evidence, paleoenvironmental data, linguistics, genetics, and oral histories to offer the most comprehensive and up-to-date account of the first Bantu-speaking settlers south of the Congo rainforest.

Based on extensive fieldwork in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, including discoveries from over 150 archaeological sites, the book details material culture evolution, settlement patterns, and ecological impacts during the Late Stone Age through the Iron Age. It also critically reconstructs the migration routes, farming practices, and interactions between early Bantu speakers and indigenous Central African hunter-gatherers and Ubangi language speakers.