The Azande (plural, "Zande" in singular) are a tribe of north central Africa. Their number is estimated by various sources at between 1 and 4 million.
Zande or Azande. People of central Africa who live in The Sudan, Congo (Kinshasa), and Central African Republic. They speak an Adamawa-Ubangi language of the Niger-Congo family.
Member of a Sudanic-speaking people living in southwestern Sudan, northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo (formerly Zaire), and southeastern Chad.