Population

Talent Mobility

Territorial Hierarchy

External Relations

Elections

Bibliographies in Sources

Chief Executive

Instigation of War

Inheritance

Sorcery

Organization and Analysis of Results

Acculturation and Culture Contact

Mats and Basketry

Woodworking

Ceramic Technology

Smiths and Their Crafts

Occupational Specialization

Magicians and Diviners

Organized Ceremonial

Puberty and Initiation

Land Use

Settlement Patterns

Real Property

Sociocultural Trends

Labor Supply and Employment

Mode of Marriage

Residence

Polygamy

Exploitation

Discipline and Morale

Identification

Preventive Medicine

Theory of Disease

Medical Therapy

Magic

Social Control

Sanctions

Sex and Marital Offenses

Judicial Authority

Kinship Terminology

Shamans and Psychotherapists

Dwellings

Household

Family Relationships

Division of Labor by Gender

Labor Relations

Executive Household

Body Alterations

Transmission of Skills

Rules of Descent

Lineages

Clans

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Visual Arts

Music

Musical Instruments

History

Linguistic Identification

Reviews and Critiques

Food Quest

Domesticated Animals

Tillage

Diet

Production and Supply

Classes

Cult of the Dead

General Character of Religion

Animism

Eschatology

Spirits and Gods

Revelation and Divination

Religious Denominations

Missions

Glossary

Outbuildings

Housing

Routes

Highways and Bridges

Community Structure

Life and Death

Location

Climate

Topography and Geology

Flora

Commercial Facilities

Sodalities

Cultural Participation

Military Organization

Arboriculture

Textile Agriculture

Internal Trade

Speech

Provinces

Ingroup Antagonisms

Revolution

Composition of Population

Internal Migration

External Migration

Administrative Agencies

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CULTURE SUMMARY: AZANDE

ETHNONYMS

ORIENTATION

HISTORY AND CULTURAL RELATIONS

SETTLEMENTS

ECONOMY

KINSHIP

MARRIAGE AND FAMILY

SOCIOPOLITICAL ORGANIZATION

RELIGION AND EXPRESSIVE CULTURE

SYNOPSIS

INDEXING NOTES

RELIGIOUS BELIEFS

RELIGIOUS PRACTITIONERS

CEREMONIES

ARTS

MEDICINE

DEATH AND AFTERLIFE

IDENTIFICATION AND LOCATION

DEMOGRAPHY

LINGUISTIC AFFILIATION

SUBSISTENCE

COMMERCIAL ACTIVITIES

INDUSTRIAL ARTS

TRADE

DIVISION OF LABOR

LAND TENURE

KIN GROUPS AND DESCENT

KINSHIP TERMINOLOGY

MARRIAGE

DOMESTIC UNIT

INHERITANCE

SOCIALIZATION

POLITICAL ORGANIZATION

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SOCIAL CONTROL

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The Azande are a large group, living in Sudan and the Central African Republic as well as in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The Azande constitute a conglomeration of originally distinct ethnic groups that became culturally, politically, and linguistically united through conquest during the first half of the eighteenth century. They were led by two dynastic clans.  In colonial times, traditional patterns of shifting cultivation were disrupted by cotton growing and other economic schemes and consequent resettlement. The diet is supplemented by hunting and fishing. Since independence, coffee has become an important cash crop in western Zandeland, and in many areas some cotton is still grown. The Zande have long been known as expert blacksmiths, potters, and wood carvers.

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