Lu-Kikumbi umkhuba wokuqala owasakazeka kubantu baseBantu abasakazeka eGabon, eDemocratic Republic of the Congo, nasePeople's Republic of the Congo.
EPointe-Noire ngokukhethekile, eRiphabhlikhi yaseCongo, ngokwesiko le- “vili”, umkhosi womkhosi we-kikumbi uqukethe ukulungiselela umakoti ngasese. Ngaphambi komshado intombazanyana icasha ekhoneni lapho ilaliswa khona. Lo mkhuba ubuye ubhekwe phakathi kwe- "Lari", i-bavili, i-basolongo, i-bawoyo kanye nabanye abantu base-Central Africa. Lesi siko sixhumene nempilo yomphakathi. Umkhuba kaKikumbi utholakala futhi phakathi kwamaBarega, amaBahunde, kepha futhi neBaluba yaseKasai phakathi kwabanye. Lezi zamuva zibuye zidume ngomdanso wothando okuthi, ngesikhathi sokuthwasa, amantombazane afunde esihlahleni esingcwele ukuthola ukutchebana, ithalente elibalulekile lokwenza umfazi omuhle. Lapho nje amadodakazi abo efinyelela eminyakeni eyi-15, abazali abaningi baqoqa iziphuzo nokudla ukujabulisa izivakashi eziningi ukuhlonipha lo mgubho omkhulu ongahlala phakathi kwezinsuku eziyi-15 nezingama-30 zilandelana. Kwezinye izimo, amantombazane amancane amancane avela emndenini ofanayo angafakwa ndawonye eKikumbi, ukuze kuncishiswe izindleko zabazali. Uma lo mcimbi ubiza, kubazali kuyasiza ukulungiselela le ntombazanyana impilo yayo njengowesifazane.