Chi·bem·ba

(chĭ-bĕm′bə)

[Bemba ici-bemba : ici-, n. pref. + -bemba, ethnic self-designation.]

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The Chibemba language is spoken by 33 per cent of the population.

Ramaphosa's rise to the top and vital lesson in political patience

She initially had set her heart on India, but when the LMS asked her to go as the first single woman to Central Africa, she ascertained that "this must be God's will for her." (4) Praying that she would "follow worthily" in the steps of David Livingstone, Shaw spent her first year in Northern Rhodesia learning the Chibemba language and traditional concepts of education for girls.

The legacy of Mabel Shaw

"I've never seen men with hairy arms before" she tells PJ, still falling about, in the local language, Chibemba.

The Zambia Report; `Barney reaches into his baggy b'wana shorts and pulls out crisp 20s. No gift of pounds 100 has ever created such joy and pandemonium'

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