"The past shows a rich history of diverse and flexible farming systems in the region ... Lake Victoria basin concurrent with the spread of Bantu-speaking peoples migrating from central Africa ...

This group then spread across Africa in search of land and resources. The Bantu people primarily engaged in grain farming (agriculture) instead of pastoralism or hunting and gathering. They ...

There is evidence that the Bantu ancestors of the modern Swahili ... gradually inhabiting areas that were good for farming and livestock raising." Dr Chapirukha Kusimba, Field Museum, Chicago.