How to Use Bantu in a Sentence

Bantu

noun

• Here, Willow Smith wears her braids in Bantu knots.
  — Larry Stansbury, InStyle, 25 May 2026
• Harris blessed attendees with Bantu knots, box braids, stitch braids, and more.
  — ELLE, 21 July 2023
• Bantu’s roll-on oils are small enough to travel with and come in soothing blends like lavender, peppermint, citrus, and fresh herbal scents.
  — Rosie Marder, Travel + Leisure, 6 Mar. 2026
• The target size and number of Bantu knots will depend on your preference, as well as your hair length and density.
  — Amira Rasool, InStyle, 8 June 2026
• In Bantu culture, Salim explains, the two balance each other.
  — Megan Farokhmanesh, WIRED, 2 Apr. 2024
• The 54-year-old actress styled her blonde hair in Bantu knots and accessorized with diamond stud earrings.
  — Juliana Ukiomogbe, InStyle, 18 Aug. 2026
• His family is part of the city’s small Somali Bantu community.
  — Amos Barshad, WIRED, 8 Aug. 2023
• Twist outs, braid outs, Bantu knots, flat twists, and flexi rod sets all qualify—with more innovative low-tension styles being created every day.
  — Donnetta Monk, Essence, 21 Nov. 2025
• In the press box at halftime, Congolese journos exhort the team in French and Lingala, a Bantu language native to their homeland.
  — Franklin Leonard, Vanity Fair, 14 May 2026
• The diffuser is meant to define curls or set Bantu knots, while the concentrator nozzle attachment is designed to elongate and lengthen to achieve salon-style blowouts.
  — Sophie Dodd, Peoplemag, 22 July 2023
• Their female ancestors, meanwhile, were almost entirely local, with genomes resembling Bantu groups living in the region today.
  — Byandrew Curry, science.org, 29 Mar. 2023
• Connecting roots with Bantu tribes, the Digo community continues to protect forests lovingly referred to as ‘kayas’—meaning home.
  — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Dec. 2025
• Influenced by Spanish as well as Bantu languages, Palenquero emerged as a means of communication among people who had been brought to the region from different parts of Africa.
  — Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Apr. 2026
• The Bantu language used in the two emails to The Times is clunky in spots, according to a translator who reviewed the emails, while the English of the court documents the company has filed has been fluent.
  — Matt Stevens, New York Times, 28 May 2024
• The endeavors and desires of the Bantu [Black people] and the endeavors and objectives of all Europeans [white people] will be antagonistic.
  — Eve Fairbanks, The Dial, 27 Jan. 2026
• Bantu knots pay homage to Southern African culture, and Southern country belle Tanner Adell rocked this look for the Country Music Television awards.
  — Aleah Wright, InStyle, 8 July 2026
• Wafula shows up about an hour into the workout and stands in mud and watches, sometimes calling out encouragement in English or Luganda, the Bantu language preferred in central Uganda.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 4 May 2023
• These inhabitants were eventually displaced by the hunter-gatherer Khoisan and later by Bantu-speaking peoples, with the Batoka tribe becoming dominant.
  — Sarah Kingdom, Forbes.com, 17 May 2026
• Celebration of African Music and Culture Featuring music by DJ Tunez, DJ Lambo, Skyla Tylaa, Bantu, and a surprise DJ set.
  — Jaeden Pinder, Rolling Stone, 23 Jan. 2026