book chapter
The Azande, and related peoples of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan and Belgian Congo
Ethnographic survey of Africa, East Central Africa • (9) • Published In 1953 • Pages: x, 152
By: Baxter, P. T. W., Colson, Audrey Butt.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This document, written by two professional anthropologists from secondary materials, gives a succinct account of several aspects of Azande ethnography, with special emphasis on culture history, relations with neighboring tribes, and subject peoples, political structure of Zande society, social and kinship organizations (including marriage), witchcraft, oracles and magic, and Zande religion. Some very brief information is also presented on location of the Zande, population size, language, dress, physical characteristics and ornamentation. Material culture is covered very little, if at all, and only the briefest mention is given to Zande religious ceremonials.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- History
- External trade
- Localized kin groups
- Tribe and nation
- Community heads
- Status, role, and prestige
- Military organization
- Sorcery
- Revelation and divination
- Magic
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Azande
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 1999
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Central Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- book chapter
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Ethnologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- John Beierle ; 1962
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- no date
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- not specified
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Sudan and Democratic Republic of the Congo
- NotesAdditional notes
- P. T. W. Baxter and Audrey Butt
- Only pages i-x, 11-96, 137-152 and end map facing p. 152 are included
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Zande (African people)