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The '''''Bemba''''' (or 'BaBemba' using the Ba- prefix to mean 'people of', and also called 'Awemba' or 'BaWemba' in the past) belong to a large group of [[Bantu people|Bantu]] peoples mainly in the [[Northern Province, Zambia|Northern]], [[Luapula Province|Luapula]] and [[Copperbelt Province|Copperbelt]] Provinces of [[Zambia]] who trace their origins to the Luba and Lunda states of the upper [[Congo basin]], in what became [[Katanga Province|Katanga]] Province in southern [[Congo-Kinshasa]] (DRC). They are the largest ethnic group in Zambia. Bemba history is a major historical phenomenon in the development of chieftainship in a large and culturally homogeneous region of central [[Africa]]. | The '''''Bemba''''' (or 'BaBemba' using the Ba- prefix to mean 'people of', and also called 'Awemba' or 'BaWemba' in the past) belong to a large group of [[Bantu people|Bantu]] peoples mainly in the [[Northern Province, Zambia|Northern]], [[Luapula Province|Luapula]] and [[Copperbelt Province|Copperbelt]] Provinces of [[Zambia]] who trace their origins to the Luba and Lunda states of the upper [[Congo basin]], in what became [[Katanga Province|Katanga]] Province in southern [[Congo-Kinshasa]] (DRC). They are the largest ethnic group in Zambia. Bemba history is a major historical phenomenon in the development of chieftainship in a large and culturally homogeneous region of central [[Africa]]. | ||
