 Kabila was born to a member of the Luba people in Baudouinville, Katanga Province, (now Moba, Tanganyika Province) in the Belgian Congo.His father was a Luba and his mother was a Lunda.It is claimed that he studied abroad (political philosophy in Paris, got a PhD in Tashkent, in Belgrade and at last in Dar es Salaam) but no proof has been found or provided.