Bantu means belonging or relating to a group of peoples in central and southern Africa. This use could cause offence.
...a Bantu people who live on the southern slopes of the mountain.
2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]
Bantu languages belong to a group of languages spoken in central and southern Africa. Thisuse could cause offence.
Bantu in British English
(ˈbɑːntʊ, ˈbæntuː, bænˈtuː)
noun
1.
a group of languages of Africa, including most of the principal languages spoken from the equator to the Cape of Good Hope, but excluding the Khoisan family: now generally regarded as part of the Benue-Congo branch of the Niger-Congo family
2. Word forms: plural-tu or -tus South Africa offensive
a Black speaker of a Bantu language
adjective
3.
denoting, relating to, or belonging to this group of languages
▶ USAGE Use of the term Bantu is only acceptable outside South Africa and when talking about this group of languagesand their speakers. To refer to African people or peoples, the terms Black and African are acceptable within South Africa
Word origin
C19: from Bantu Ba-ntu people
Bantu in American English
(ˈbænˌtu; also, bænˈtu)
noun
1.
a group of more than 200 languages belonging to the Niger-Congo language subfamily, including Swahili, Xhosa, and Zulu
2. Word forms: pluralˈBantus or ˈBantu
a member of any of the Bantu-speaking peoples living throughout the S half of the African continent
adjective
3.
of the Bantus or their languages or cultures
Word origin
Bantu ba-ntu, the men < ba, var. of aba, pl. prefix + -ntu, man: coined (1850s) by W. H. I. Bleek, librarian of the Brit gov. of the Cape Colony