People / group

Zande people

Also known as Azande

The Zande, or Azande, are a people of north-central Africa living in South Sudan, the north-east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the south-east of the Central African Republic. From the 18th century the Avongara aristocracy built a series of conquest kingdoms among them, which resisted traders, the Mahdists and European colonisers into the early 20th century. Their beliefs in witchcraft and oracles became famous through Evans-Pritchard's study of 1937.

Zande people
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Mentioned in 4 state histories

Zande KingdomsMangbetu KingdomSultanate of BangassouSultanate of Zemio

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Zande people. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/zande-people
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