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Kazembe (Mwansabombwe)

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inhabitants. They may refer in English to "Kazembe's Village" or just "Kazembe", as traditionally a settlement is named after the chief or headman, rather than the location. The Luba-Lunda shared with many tribes the custom (now discontinued) of moving to another village or a new site on the death of
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These features and its status since the 1890s as Mwata Kazembe's capital make Mwansabombwe one of the largest centres of trade, population and culture in the Luapula Valley with a population estimated at 50,000. It retains a rural and traditional African character relatively unmarked by the colonial
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the chief. Historical references to a village or town may actually be to a different location. For instance when the explorer
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GORDON, DAVID M. (March 2006). "History on the Luapula Retold: Landscape, Memory and Identity in the Kazembe Kingdom".
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visited Mwata Kazembe in 1867 and 1868, "Casembe's town", as he wrote it, was further north at the town now called
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David M. Gordon: "History on the Luapula Retold: Landscape, Memory and Identity in the Kazembe Kingdom".
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Robert Cancel: "Asserting/inventing traditions on the Luapula: the Lunda Mutomboko Festival".
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era leading to it being called the "largest village in central Africa".
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This article is about the town. For the Chief, Mwata Kazembe, see
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Index

Mwansabombwe
Kazembe
Town
Mwansabombwe is located in Zambia
9°49′S 28°45′E / 9.817°S 28.750°E / -9.817; 28.750
Zambia
Province
Luapula Province
District
Mwansabombwe District
Time zone
UTC+2
CAT
Climate
Aw
Mwata Kazembe's
Luapula Province
Zambia
Luba
Chibemba-speaking
David Livingstone
Kanyembo
Ngona River
Luapula River
Lake Mweru
DR Congo
Mansa
Nchelenge
Great North Road
Serenje

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