It reached the northern Sahara around 7000 years ago and continued to spread down the African continent, where it was adopted by the Bantu tribes of West Africa.
Ya swika kha vhubvaḓuvha ha Sahara lwa minwaha ya 7000 yo fhelaho, ya isa phanḓa na u phaḓalala i tshi ḓa kha mashango a Afrika, he ya ḓo thoma u dzhiwa nga vha lushaka lwa Bantu vha West Africa.