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A final contribution to the study of Zande culture

Africa35 • Published In 1965 • Pages: 1-7

By: Evans-Pritchard, E. E. (Edward Evan).

Abstract
In this short article, Evans-Pritchard discusses the historical origins of several Azande institutions: secret medicine societies, body mutilation and circumcision, burial and mortuary forms, and some vocabulary items. He argues that these traits, and perhaps many others as well, were not internal developments but probably derive from foreign contact and acculturation during the periods of Azande conquests and invasions. While his evidence for the derivation of these institutions is by no means conclusive of definitive, the fact that the Azande have had intensive external relations with other societies, through trade or warfare, at least indirectly supports the idea of acculturation.
Subjects
History
Acculturation and culture contact
Magicians and diviners
Body alterations
Burial practices and funerals
Linguistic identification
culture
Azande
HRAF PubDate
1999
Region
Africa
Sub Region
Central Africa
Document Type
article
Evaluation
Creator Type
Social Anthropologist
Document Rating
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Gilbert Winer ; 1968-1969
Field Date
1927-1930
Coverage Date
ca. 1865 - ca. 1905
Coverage Place
Sudan
Notes
E. E. Evans-Pritchard
LCCN
29010790
LCSH
Zande (African people)