UNIT3 EXAM3 11 12 13 THE AZANDE AND WITCHCRAFT Settlements o Patrilocal Residence o Mud homes with Thatched roof o Surround Courtyard Subsistence o Traditionally relied largely on corn and millet o Tse Tse fly precluded look at lecture online Politics and Warfare o Chiefdom o Chiefs from noble clan o Internal warfare Witchcraft o First explored by E Evans Pritchard o Belief that all misfortunes attributable to witchcraft o Individuals have varying levels of MANGU witchcraft magic o Granary stilts tend to deteriorate through time granaries fall If it harms someone while falling then it must be witchcraft Oracles o Practice of Divination things we use for divination magic 8 ball groundhogs day horoscopes etc o Important for all major decisions o Friction and Termite Oracles o BENGE poison oracle Witchcraft as Social Control o Sour relationships are more likely to bring on practice of witchcraft and accusation of witchcraft o Decreases incentive to amass wealth or increase hostilities 11 12 2013 11 12 2013
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