ANTHR101 Lecture 28: Witchcraft Among the Azande - Film Notes
6 Apr 2016
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One of the largest tribes in africa. Very good land but a lot of diseases (malaria, aids, etc. ) They retain a complex system of pracices for solving problems (magic, oracles, and witchcrat) Witchcrat and chrisianity exist side by side the witchcrat is not forgoten. When imes are hard a lot of villagers will sill turn to witchcrat even though they idenify as chrisians and go to church service. There is no such thing as pure luck in their village, everything happens for a reason. There is a witchdoctor ( binza ) who is another oracle in the village: you can consult in oracles, believe in witchcrat, and sill be chrisian . They have funeral celebraions where they mourn the loss of loved ones: these are very lively events and are considered a good ime hangout for the younger villagers.
