FIZI-ITOMBWE is the geopolitical appellation comprising of the territory of FIZI and the sector of ITOMBWE, and this is known as the Land of BaBembe or Búbembe in the Kibembe language (a language spoken by the BaBembe).
The region has a long history of independence from Kinshasa. It was the location of the maquis set up by Laurent-Désiré Kabila in 1967, as well as the place where Laurent- Désiré Kabila raised his step son the current President Joseph Kabila in 1973 throughout much of the Second Congo War, the town was contested by numerous armed groups.
For a very long time, the history and stories of BaBembe nation have been being told by people who do not know much about this nation. Some because of their professional commitments others deliberately wanting to write otherwise the history of this nation have all embarked on a deliberate journey to distorting the history of BaBembe. However, as it is said to everything there is an end. And today we would like to put an end to this mischievous practice that has been going on for a very long time. Sons and daughters of BaBembe would like to dedicate on this website particular pages to publish articles and publications about our very own people. Our own history as lived by our forefathers and our land.
We are BaBembe people and our land is called Búbembe in the territory of Fizi-Itombwe, RD Congo. Please feel free to contact the team of United Kingdom M’mbondo Community (UMC) for more information and knowledge base resources on our people and our land. There are books that are currently in bookstores now written by sons and daughters of BaBembe which can be of help to erase all false information you have been fed about this great nation. It is said also “until the lion learns to write his history, the story of the jungle will always favour the hunter”.
No one has the rights to erase and falsify the history of any nation, as it is said a people without history is like a world without a soul! You are all invited to learn the history of BaBembe through their great men and women who have lived before us – that history can only be told by us, the children of those great men and women.