[PAR] [TLE] Bantu peoples [SEP] Bantu peoples is used as a general label for the 300–600 ethnic groups in Africa who speak Bantu languages.  They inhabit a geographical area stretching east and southward from Central Africa across the African Great Lakes region down to Southern Africa.  Bantu is a major branch of the Niger–Congo language family spoken by most populations in Africa.  There are about 650 Bantu languages by the criterion of mutual intelligibility, though the distinction between language and dialect is often unclear, and "Ethnologue" counts 535 languages. [PAR] [TLE] Shum Laka [SEP] The archaeological site of Shum Laka is the most prominent rockshelter site in the Grasslands region of the Laka Valley, northwest Cameroon.  Occupations at this rockshelter date to the Later Stone Age.  This region is important to investigations of the development and subsequent diffusion of the Bantu culture.  The site of Shum Laka is located approximately 15 kilometers from the town of Bamenda, and it resides on the inner wall of the Bafochu Mbu caldera.  The deposits at Shum Laka include each phase of cultural development in the Grasslands.
[PAR] [TLE] Bantu peoples [ SEP ] Bantu peoples is used as a general label for the 300–600 ethnic groups in Africa who speak Bantu languages . They inhabit a geographical area stretching east and southward from Central Africa across the African Great Lakes region down to Southern Africa . Bantu is a major branch of the Niger – Congo language family spoken by most populations in Africa . There are about 650 Bantu languages by the criterion of mutual intelligibility , though the distinction between language and dialect is often unclear , and " Ethnologue " counts 535 languages . [PAR] [TLE] Shum Laka [ SEP ] The archaeological site of Shum Laka is the most prominent rockshelter site in the Grasslands region of the Laka Valley , northwest Cameroon . Occupations at this rockshelter date to the Later Stone Age . This region is important to investigations of the development and subsequent diffusion of the Bantu culture . The site of Shum Laka is located approximately 15 kilometers from the town of Bamenda , and it resides on the inner wall of the Bafochu Mbu caldera . The deposits at Shum Laka include each phase of cultural development in the Grasslands .
Shum Laka is a site that was important to the diffusion of the people who were from what continent?
Shum Laka is a site that was important to the diffusion of the people who were from what continent ?
Africa
Africa