Baluchis, or Beluchis. Natives of Baluchistan, south of Afghanistan, of Iranian (Aryan) descent, with a mingling of Tartar (Mongolic) blood. The dominant race of the country is the Brahui, aboriginals who are probably of Mongolic descent, allied to the [Dravidians] (q.v.) of India. The Brahui are of Mongolic type, short, with round flat faces, hospitable and generous. They are the more settled portion of the inhabitants. The Baluchis are chiefly nomads, taller, with more Aryan features, a warlike and predatory people.
Balunda. Bantu Negroes of South Central Africa, occupying the Congo-Zambesi divide.
Bamangwato. Bantu Negroes of north Bechuanaland; Khama’s semi-civilised people.
Bambaras. See [MANDINGAN].
Banandi. Bantu Negroes of apish type, in the Semliki forests.
Bangalas. Bantu Negroes of Middle Congo, on the Ubangi river.
Bantus. One of the two subdivisions of the African Negro family of Ethiopic Man, occupying the southern half of the African continent, south of the Cameroons and Albert Nyanza. A Negro race modified from the Sudanese type by Hamite influences.
Banyai. Bantu Negroes, south of the Middle Zambesi.
Banyoro. See [WANYORO].
Bapedi. Bantu Negroes of Bechuana stock.