The Bemba also called Awemba or Bemba in the past belong to a
large group of Bantu peoples mainly in the Northern, Luapula,
Muchinga and Copperbelt Provinces of Zambia.
They were the first to come to Zambia in 1328 and they are one of the largest ethnic group in Zambia.
Bembas history is a major historical phenomenon in the development of chieftainship in a large and culturally homogeneous region of central Africa.
They live in villages of 100 to 200 people and numbered 250,000 strong in 1963.
There are over 30 Bemba clans, named after animals or natural organisms, such as the royal clan, "the people of the crocodile" (Bena Ng'andu) or the Bena Bowa (Mushroom Clan).
The language spoken by this people is the Ichibemba.
Colonialism and the destruction of local traditions has somewhat distorted the history of Africans and the Bemba are no exception.
CHOPINET Virgile
They were the first to come to Zambia in 1328 and they are one of the largest ethnic group in Zambia.
Bembas history is a major historical phenomenon in the development of chieftainship in a large and culturally homogeneous region of central Africa.
They live in villages of 100 to 200 people and numbered 250,000 strong in 1963.
There are over 30 Bemba clans, named after animals or natural organisms, such as the royal clan, "the people of the crocodile" (Bena Ng'andu) or the Bena Bowa (Mushroom Clan).
The language spoken by this people is the Ichibemba.
Colonialism and the destruction of local traditions has somewhat distorted the history of Africans and the Bemba are no exception.
CHOPINET Virgile
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