Zande

Japanese: Zande
Zande

…A Sudanese agricultural people who live in the southwest of the Republic of Sudan, the eastern Central African Republic, and the northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo. They are also called the Zande. Their population is estimated at over 750,000, but their ethnicity is complex, with Sudanese tribes mixed with Nilotic and Bantu tribes. Historically, they were divided into small independent kingdoms, but at the end of the 17th century, a powerful clan called Abongala conquered the others and unified the Azande. The Azande live in a gently sloping hilly area where small rivers upstream of the Nile and Congo Rivers intersect, and they make a living by slash-and-burn agriculture, fishing, and hunting. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Zande" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…アフリカのスーダン共和国南西部から,中央アフリカ共和国東部およびコンゴ民主共和国北東部にかけて居住する,スーダン系農耕民。ザンデZande族とも呼ばれる。人口は75万以上と推定されるが,種族的には複雑で,スーダン系諸族とナイロートやバントゥー系諸族とが混血したとされる。歴史的には独立的な性格の小王国に分立していたが,17世紀末にアボンガラという有力なクランが他を征服して,アザンデ族を統合した。 アザンデ族の居住地は,ナイル川およびコンゴ川の上流の小河川が交錯する,ゆるやかな丘陵地帯で,生業として焼畑農業とともに漁労や狩猟を営む。…

※「Zande」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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