Charges: two counts of crimes against humanity: murder and rape; and three counts of war crimes: murder, rape and pillaging, allegedly committed between 2002 and 2003 in CAR.

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 Bemba are one of the larger ethnic groups in Zambia, and their history illustrates the development of chieftainship in a large and culturally-homogeneous region of Central Africa. The word Bemba originally meant a great expanse, like the sea. A distinction exists between Bemba-speaking peoples and ethnic Bemba. There are 18 Bemba clans.

An estimated 3.7 million people speak Bemba and related dialects as a first language; other speakers speak Bemba as a second language. Origin and History. The Bemba people in Zambia originated from the Kola region in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC, formerly Zaire), and are an offshoot of the ancient Luba empire.

Bemba, Bantu-speaking people inhabiting the northeastern plateau of Zambia and neighbouring areas of Congo (Kinshasa) and Zimbabwe. The Bantu language of the Bemba has become the lingua franca of Zambia. The people practice shifting cultivation, pollarding the forest trees and planting the staple,

2018年5月29日 · In this broad sense the Bemba form the most important ethnic group in the urban areas of the Copperbelt, including Kitwe, Ndola, Mufulira, Luanshya, Chingola, and Chililabombwe in Zambia and a significant minority in Lubumbashi in the DRC.

2024年10月5日 · Bemba also known as Chibemba or Cibemba is a language spoken in North-eastern Zambia, Tshopo Province (DRC) and the coast of Lake Tanganyika of the Kigoma Region in Tanzania by the Bemba people. Bemba language has approximately 6,000,000 native speakers. Bemba is an official language in Zambia.

亦称巴本巴人（Babemba）或阿温巴人（Awemba）。 非洲中南部的 民族。 本巴人（Bemba） 约235万人（1978），主要分布在赞比亚北部（190万），占全国人口34.7%,为国内第一大族;其次分布在扎伊尔（40万）和坦桑尼亚（5万）。 属 尼格罗人种 班图类型。 使用本巴语,属尼日尔-科尔多凡语系中央班图语群，部分人通用英语。 多保持 原始宗教 信仰，部分人信奉基督教。 公元1～10世纪期间,班图人南迁途中，有一支在下刚果定居,并建立起隆达-卢巴王国 (Runda-Luba) …

Bemba / Babemba / Wemba / Awemba / AbaBemba. The name Babemba means “the people of the lake.” Globally, this group totals 5,025,500 in 4 countries: D.R. Congo, Zambia, Tanzania, Zimbabwe . The Bemba are one of the largest ethnic groups in Zambia. They are concentrated in the northeastern section of the country and total more than 900,000 ...

Bemba is the most widely spoken language in Zambia, with over 7 million speakers. Here you will find a wide range of Bemba language scholarship and resources, including: sociolinguistic and grammatical analyses of the Bemba language, digital texts and audio in Bemba, an extensive bibliography, and numerous links to further resources. In the ...