 Bembe people

The Bembe are an ethnic and linguistic group based in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo and western Tanzania.In 1991 the Bembe population of the DRC was estimated to number 252,000 and around 1.5 million in 2005 with no estimate available for the number of Bembe in Tanzania

The Bembe (Babembe, Beembe, Cuabembe, Wabembe) originate from northeast of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and western Tanzania.