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Cannibalism: a Zande text
Africa • 26 • Published In 1956 • Pages: 73-74
By: Evans-Pritchard, E. E. (Edward Evan).
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
In this very short article, Evans-Pritchard records verbatim an Azande text on cannibalism taken from an elderly informant who presumably had reliable knowledge of Azande culture and society prior to the establishment of the Anglo-Egyptian administration over the Azande and the resultant formal suppression of cannibalism. Although the author does not offer annotation of the text or interpretation of cannibalism, the text itself reveals some insight into the nature of this institution.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Cannibalism
- Literary texts
- 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
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Social Anthropologist
- 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.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Gilbert Winer ; 1968-1969
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 1927-1930
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- ca. 1865 - ca. 1905
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Central African Republic; Africa
- NotesAdditional notes
- E. E. Evans-Pritchard
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 29010790
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Zande (African people)