Zande people

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The Zande people are a Central African ethnic group primarily found in South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and the Central African Republic, known for their rich oral traditions, complex social organization, and historically influential kingdoms.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Azande people 7
Azande 6
Zande people canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Central African people ⓘ
ethnic group ⓘ
alternativeName Azande ⓘ
linked to: Zande people
anthropologicalStudy E. E. Evans-Pritchard ⓘ
colonialHistory incorporated into Anglo-Egyptian Sudan ⓘ
incorporated into Belgian Congo ⓘ
incorporated into French Equatorial Africa ⓘ
continent Africa ⓘ
country Central African Republic ⓘ
Democratic Republic of the Congo ⓘ
South Sudan ⓘ
demography dispersed rural settlements ⓘ
historicalState Avungara dynasty ⓘ
Zande Kingdom ⓘ
kinshipSystem patrilineal descent ⓘ
knownFor complex social organization ⓘ
historically influential kingdoms ⓘ
rich oral traditions ⓘ
language Zande language ⓘ
languageFamily Ubangian languages ⓘ
marriagePractice bridewealth ⓘ
music dance ceremonies ⓘ
drumming traditions ⓘ
notableWorkOnCulture Witchcraft, Oracles and Magic among the Azande ⓘ
region Central Africa ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
Islam ⓘ
traditional African religions ⓘ
socialStructure age grades ⓘ
chiefdoms ⓘ
clans ⓘ
traditionalArt decorated throwing knives ⓘ
sculpture ⓘ
traditionalBelief oracles ⓘ
poison oracle (benge) ⓘ
spear oracle ⓘ
termite oracle ⓘ
witchcraft (mangu) ⓘ
traditionalCraft basketry ⓘ
ironworking ⓘ
woodcarving ⓘ
traditionalCrops bananas ⓘ
cassava ⓘ
maize ⓘ
millet ⓘ
sorghum ⓘ
traditionalEconomy fishing ⓘ
hunting ⓘ
shifting cultivation ⓘ
weapon throwing knife ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Banda people → neighboringEthnicGroup → Zande people ⓘ
Zande language → name → Azande ⓘ
linked to: Zande people
Zande language → spokenBy → Azande people ⓘ
linked to: Zande people
Zande language → ethnicGroup → Azande ⓘ
linked to: Zande people
Equatoria region → hasEthnicGroup → Zande people ⓘ
E. E. Evans-Pritchard → ethnicGroupStudied → Azande ⓘ
linked to: Zande people
Zande → spokenBy → Azande people ⓘ
linked to: Zande people
Zande → isPrimaryLanguageOf → Azande ethnic group ⓘ
linked to: Zande people
Zande people → alternativeName → Azande ⓘ
linked to: Zande people
Southern Sudan region → historicallyPopulatedBy → Azande people ⓘ
linked to: Zande people
Western Equatoria State → hasEthnicGroup → Azande people ⓘ
linked to: Zande people
Azande language → spokenBy → Azande people ⓘ
linked to: Zande people
Azande language → glottologName → Azande ⓘ
linked to: Zande people
Azande language → ethnicity → Azande ⓘ
linked to: Zande people
Azande Kingdom (historical) → ethnicGroup → Azande people ⓘ
linked to: Zande people
Kresh people → neighboringPeoples → Azande people ⓘ
linked to: Zande people