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.
Yafika ku Sahara lesenyakatfo iminyaka letinkhulungwane letisikhombisa kadzeni kwachubekela kusakateka phansi kwesigodzi sase Afrika, lapho khona kwatfolwa sive se Bantu base Afrika lese Nshonalanga.