Social organization of the Bantu-Almost all the Bantu communities were organized in clans made up of people with common descent.-All the Bantu communities practiced circumcision. Among the Abagusii and Agikuyu, both boys and girls were circumcised. -Circumcision marked an entry into an age set whose functions included defending the community from external attacks, building huts and advising junior age-sets on how to raid. -All the Bantu communities believed in the existence of a supernatural power that controlled their destiny. .....
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