Bemba
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- proper noun
- Kapwepwe declared, "The people from the northern part of Zambia—the Bemba-speaking people, if you like—have suffered physically, and sometimes been beaten.
- Bemba-speaking
Examples
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What is the point of holding elections if all they do in the end is substitute a Bemba-dominated regime for a Nyanja regime in Zambia, the two equally narrow, or a southern regime for a northern one in Benin, neither incorporating the other half of the state?
Academic text (1997) -
The Bemba language is widely spoken in northern Zambia.
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Direct appeals for support were also made to Bemba chiefs.
Academic text (2006) -
The speeches alternated in no particular order from Bemba-Lunda to English, depending on the speaker and, probably, on the intended audience.
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In this sense, characterizations of the UPP as a "Bemba" tribal party are misleading.
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UNIP was also affected by the widespread belief that its remaining Bemba leaders were secret UPP supporters.
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Despite the preponderance of Bemba-speaking leaders in this grouping, most expressed their criticisms of the government's record within a national framework.
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She founded her own church, which by the late 1950s had a following of well over 100,000 among Bemba and Bemba-speaking people, including many southern Tabwa.
Academic text (1990) -
She founded her own church, which by the late 1950s had a following of well over 100,000 among Bemba and Bemba-speaking people, including many southern Tabwa.
Academic text (1990) -
Francis Bowa, like all former UPP officials interviewed, strongly rejects the allegation that the UPP was a "Bemba party."
Academic text (2006)
Surface Forms
Etymology
Bemba is the name the people use for themselves and for their language in Zambia, so they say 'Bemba' about their speech. So Bemba can mean a person from that group or the language they speak.