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Bemba are slash-and-burn agriculturists, with manioc and finger millet their main crops. Many Bemba also raise goats, sheep, and other livestock. Some Bemba are also employed in the mining industry. [14] Traditional Bemba society is matrilineal, and close bonds between women or a mother and daughter are considered essential. [14]
Bemba language, or Chibemba, a Bantu language spoken in Zambia Bemba people , or AbaBemba, of Zambia Bemba, a dialect of the Buyu language of the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Bemba, ChiBemba (also Cibemba, Ichibemba, Icibemba and Chiwemba), is a Bantu language spoken primarily in north-eastern Zambia by the Bemba people and as a lingua franca by about 18 related ethnic groups.
The Chitimukulu is the King or Paramount Chief of the Bemba, the largest ethnic group in Zambia. [1] All Chitimukulus, as well as lesser Bemba chiefs, are members of the Bena Ng'andu (English: Crocodile Clan). Potential successors to the ruling Chikimukulu are chosen from the various Bemba chiefs. [2]
Part of the Bible in Bemba language was first published in 1904, followed by the New Testament in 1916, and the entire Bible in 1956. Currently a revision is in progress. Paul Mushindo and the Scottish missionary Robert McMinn worked together on Bible translation into the Bemba language for more than twenty years. [2]
Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo (born 4 November 1962) [1] is a politician in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). After he served as Deputy Prime Minister of Defense 2023 to 2024, he was moved to the Deputy Prime Minister of Transportation.
Town Bemba is an innovative variety of the Bemba language spoken among migrant populations in central Zambia. It developed in the mines and mining towns, where it replaced the earlier, and foreign, Fanagalo .
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