American actor Samuel L. Jackson traces his origins back to the Bantu tribe of Gabon.

 American actor Samuel L. Jackson traces his origins back to the Bantu tribe of Gabon.

The Bantu people are the speakers of Bantu languages, comprising several hundred indigenous ethnic groups in sub-Saharan Africa, spread over a vast area from Central Africa across the African Great Lakes to Southern Africa.
 
He was welcomed as a lost son by the Benga people and was inducted into the Benga tribe, with rare and unprecedented access to secret ceremonies and local customs...

 SOURCE: Blacksregion.com