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Zande warfare

Anthropos • 52 • Published In 1957 • Pages: 239-262

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

Abstract
In this article, Evans-Pritchard analyzes mainly two types of Azande warfare: (1) fairly large-scale campaigns between kingdoms, and (2) the smaller-scale raids between provinces of adjacent kingdoms. Civil wars between kingdoms are not dealt with, and wars with the Europeans and Arabs are discussed only briefly. The following dimensions of warfare are considered: its objectives and motivations, military organization, mobilization of war resources, logistics, strategies and tactics, battle organization and deployment of forces, defensive and offensive engagements, weaponry and its uses, and so forth.
Subjects
Military organization
Warfare
Weapons
Instigation of war
Aftermath of combat
culture
Azande
HRAF PubDate
1999
Region
Africa
Sub Region
Central Africa
Document Type
article
Evaluation
Creator Type
Social Anthropologist
Document Rating
4: Excellent Secondary Data
5: Excellent Primary Data
Analyst
Gilbert Winer ; Robert O. Lagacé ; 1968-1969
Field Date
1926-1930
Coverage Date
ca. 1865-ca. 1905
Coverage Place
Sudan
Notes
E. E. Evans-Pritchard
Includes bibliographical references
LCSH
Zande (African people)