Bemba
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The term Bemba may refer to:
- Bemba languageBemba languageThe Bemba language, ChiBemba , is a major Bantu language spoken primarily in north-eastern Zambia by the Bemba people and as a lingua franca by about 18 related ethnic groups, including the Bisa people of Mpika and Lake Bangweulu, and to a lesser extent in Katanga in the Democratic Republic of the...
(Chibemba), a Bantu language - Bemba peopleBemba peopleThe Bemba belong to a large group of peoples mainly in the Northern, Luapula and Copperbelt Provinces of Zambia who trace their origins to the Luba and Lunda states of the upper Congo basin, in what became Katanga Province in southern Congo-Kinshasa...
(AbaBemba), an ethnic group of central Africa - Jean-Pierre BembaJean-Pierre BembaJean-Pierre Bemba Gombo is a politician in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. He was one of four vice-presidents in the transitional government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo from 17 July 2003 to December 2006. Bemba also leads the Movement for the Liberation of Congo , a rebel group...
, the former vice-President of the Democratic Republic of Congo - A Caribbean drum, used in the music of Trinidad and Tobago and also spelled bembe