Azande Kinship Essay

The Azande a group of people living in the large areas of central Africa, with deep believes in witchcraft. Within the years the Azande have adopt to the new century shifting their ways of living. We will discuss and identify the key features of society’s kinship structures, discuss the type of political/leadership found within the Azande and finally we will highlight the important features of the coviety;s religious and economic structures.
The key features of the Azande kinship structures are based on Kin Groups and Descent. This society is based on patrilineal meaning that every children's relationship is based on the descent of the father. The Azande culture does not track down past ancestors just as stated in the text cultural sketches chapter one they only focus on recent generation.
In the Azande we can find different types of political authority and leadership within the society. For example for the Azande authority in the household is the man they have the absolute control and authority, they hold control of the land
The Azande deeply believe in witchcraft, tieding all the complications of life to it, such as death, misfortune and anything bad that happens in their surroundings. For instance, in the book cultural sketches chapter one it describes how Azande believe that it was the best idea to live by the riverbanks far away from each other because they can protect themselves and avoid witchcraft that according to their beliefs witchcraft was only effective at close ranges. Also, regarding witchcraft it states that is inherited and when a child is born from a so called “witch” the children are not directed blame for the dramatic misfortunes occurring around their surrounding the adults with this power are to blame for death or other major misfortunes however children who inherited his powers are blamed for minor things to other