Mbori

The Mbori religion is followed by the Azande, the conquering people of the upper Uele river region in Central Africa, who took shape in the first half of the 1700s. It centres on Mbori, an all-powerful god who made the universe but does not act like the God of the Christian missionaries who later came to the Azande.

The Azande traditionally turned to oracles, magic and witchcraft to settle everyday troubles, and the poison oracle, reserved for men, was the most respected of the oracles. Stories of the trickster Ture taught what happened to people who acted rashly.