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Pronunciation: BEM-bah
Location: Northeastern Zambia
Population: 3.1 million*
*population calculated based on number of Bemba speaking individuals.
-The Bemba live in the high level plateaus of Zambia.
-Of the ~8.5 million people living in Zambia, it's estimated that 36% are Bemba or Bemba-speaking.
Languages: Bemba (native language) and English are the primary spoken and written languages.
Occupations and Gender Roles
Language Map of Africa
Living Situations
This is one example of what a typical Bemba village looks like.
This is another example of a typical hut. This is what the 'nicer' homes look like.
Like the majority of central and parts of southern Africa, a variety of languages are spoken in Zambia.
Most of the languages spoken in Zambia are some variation of the Bantu language family.
Relationships and Social Expectations
References
Works Cited
Albamaltanorthafrica, Posted By. "Alba Malta Team at Bantu Philosophy and African Philosophies Seminar Quai Branly Museum Paris." Alba Malta North Africa Coordination. N.p., 09 July 2016. Web.
"Bemba." Countries and Their Cultures. N.p., n.d. Web.
"Bemba Definition | Bemba Meaning." Words to Describe Someone. N.p., 08 Sept. 2016. Web.
"Chief Chitimukulu Wants Public Order Act Abolished, It's An Archaic Law." Open Zambia. N.p., 16 Sept. 2015. Web.
Images from Early Africa. N.p., n.d. Web.
"Lake Mweru." Zambia Tourism. N.p., n.d. Web.
LakeNet - Lakes. N.p., n.d. Web.
"Zambia." Smartraveller.gov.au. N.p., n.d. Web.
Zikin, Mutur. Africa - Cartes Linguistiques / Linguistic Maps. N.p., n.d. Web.
The languages are fairly similar, but are not mutually comprehensible, meaning a person who speaks one Bantu language cannot understand another.
English in Zambia?
English is actually the national language of Zambia.
Religions and Beliefs
The Bemba's native language, Chibemba, is the second most common language spoken among the Bemba. English is the most common.
Beginning in high school and continuing on through university, education is taught entirely in English.
-The Plateau on which the Bemba reside is home to Lake Mweru and Lake Bangweulu, which are major geographical features of the area.
Religions: Protestantism,Roman Catholicism, African Christianity, Islam, and Traditional Beliefs.
Who Are the Bemba of Zambia?
Who Are the Bemba of Zambia?
Henry Kanyanta Sosala, the current Chief Chitimikulu of the Bemba, riding a crocodile parade float, representing his subordinate chiefs of the Bemba government.
ref. https://wordstodescribesomeone.com/bemba/
The Bemba established themselves in their current location of northeast Zambia during one of the Great Bantu Migrations. (approx. 16th/17th century)
Once settled, they enacted their own government, which has never been tightly established.
This new government was decidedly run by the Bemba's paramount chief, Chitimukulu, which means "the great tree." Serving under the Chief were to be groups of sub-chiefs that were part of the Royal Crocodile Clan.
Henry Kanyanta Sosala currently serves as Chitimukulu.
Bemba
Culture Project
Anthropology 2017
by
Lily Toan