Bembe (Congolese (Democratic Republic) people)
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Name (Latin)
Bembe (Congolese (Democratic Republic) people)
Other forms of name
Babembe (Congolese (Democratic Republic) people)
Balembe (Congolese (Democratic Republic) people)
Beembe (Congolese (Democratic Republic) people)
nne Bembe (East African people)
Ebembe (Congolese (Democratic Republic) people)
Ibembe (Congolese (Democratic Republic) people)
Vabembe (Congolese (Democratic Republic) people)
Wabembe (Congolese (Democratic Republic) people)
See Also From tracing topical name
Ethnology Democratic Republic of the Congo
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Wikidata:
Q2895261
Library of congress:
sh 88002992
Sources of Information
- Work cat.: Dupré, G. Les naissances d'une société ... 1985.
- Ethnologue:p. 190 (Bembe (Ibembe, Beembe, Ebembe))
- Murdock, G.P. Outline of world cultures, 1983:p. 72 (Bembe (Balembe, Vabembe, Wabembe))
- Voegelin lang.:p. 61 (Beembe (Bembe))
- Biebuyck, D. Les mitamba, 1962(Babembe (Territoire de Fizi, Province du Kivu, Republique do Congo)
- Biebuyck, D. African ethnonyms, 1966(Bembe; eastern Zaire; variants: Babembe, Wabembe)
- Ethnologue 2000(Bembe; variants: Ibembe, Beembe, Ebembe)
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Planche d'initiation Bembe-Africa Museum
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Wikipedia description:
The Bembe people (Babembe in the plural) are an ethnic group based in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and western Kigoma Region of Tanzania. They live mainly in the territory of Fizi in South Kivu. The Bembe are also in the province of Tanganyika in the city of Kalemie. In 1991, the Bembe population of the DRC was estimated to number 252,000 and around 1.5 million in 2005. They are representative of many ethnic traditions, including pre-Lega, Boyo-Kunda, Hemba and Bemba.
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