Nyabroro Village, Nuba Mountains, Sudan - March 1997. Young Nuba.
Nuba Mountains, Sudan. March 1997.
Nuba warriors praying in the mosque destroyed by Sudanese Government Army.
Kalkada Village, Nuba Mountains, Sudan. March 1997.
Nuba child.
Outskirts of Gedil, Nuba Mountains, Sudan. March 1997.
Nuba fighters.
Nuba Mountains, Sudan - January 1998. On the airstrip.
Kody, Nuba Mountains, Sudan - November 2005.
A battalion of 3000 soldiers perform maneuvers in the early morning. Former SPLA (Sudanese People Liberation Army) soldiers, they have been selected to form part of the joint armed forces. 50/50 Nuba / government forces. Altogether there will be 6000 soldiers. The Nuba in Kody were waiting for weapons and uniforms.
Nuba Mountains, Sudan - January 2001. Inside a hut.
Nuba Mountains, Sudan. February 2002.
SPLA (Sudan People's Liberation Army) soldiers on patrol.
Near Kalkada Village, Nuba Mountains, Sudan. March 1997.
Displaced persons make their home in a cave.
Kody, Nuba Mountains, Sudan. November 2005.
A battalion of 3000 soldiers perform maneuvers in the early morning. Former SPLA (Sudanese People Liberation Army) soldiers selected to form part of the new joint armed forces. 50% Nuba / 50% government forces. Altogether there will be 6000 soldiers.
Nuba mountains, Sudan, 2001
Nuba mountains, Sudan, 2001
Nuba Mountains, Sudan. February 2002.
Nuba children.
Strategically positioned like a cushion between black Christian and Arab Islamic Africa, the Nuba Mountains are located in the center of Africa's largest country. The Nuba sought refuge in the Mountains when they rebelled against the Sharia (Islamic) law imposed by the government in Khartoum in 1983 and joined sides with southern Sudan (largely black animist and Christians) in the war.
For decades, the Nuba were completely cut off from the rest of the world - and forced to live under prehistoric conditions.
Today, the presence of peace and the expected subsequent flow of revenues from what are believed to be large oil deposits could mean the beginning of development for the Nuba Mountains.
Nuba mountains, Sudan, 2001
Luera, Nuba Mountains, Sudan. January 2001. Inside the German Emergency Doctors (GED) clinic outside Luera, weighing a child.
Near Kalkada Village, Nuba Mountains, Sudan. March 1997.
Luera, Nuba Mountains, Sudan. November 2005.
Leila Kapirerno, 35 years old. Oturo tribe. Leila lived in the barracks in Tabana during the war with her husband. In 1995, government soldiers captured her husband, torturing and killing him. Leaving her with six children. Afterwards, she hid in the caves in Frandel for a week, but was forced out by government soldiers forced her and other displaced people out with tear gas and machine guns. One of her children was killed during the battle. Leila was forced to march with her hands tied behind her back. Along the march, two soldiers raped her together. Another two soldiers from the Oturo tribe recognized her and forced them to let her free. She had a child from the rape.
During the war, she was tempted to go to the peace camps. But that would have meant living with the enemy. She stayed with the SPLA, and lost another child to hunger.
She lives in Luera with five children. She can only afford to send 2 of her children to school, but her goal is to send them all.
Tira Limon, Nuba Mountains, Sudan. May 1998.
A farmer burning his fields.
Nuba Mountains, Sudan. February 2002.
Returning from fields.
Kody, Nuba Mountains, Sudan. November 2005.
Parishners on the way to church on Sunday morning. Women outnumber men 4:1 at the church service.
Nyabroro, Nuba Mountains, Sudan. March 1997.
Giving birth in a Nyabroro hut.
Nuba Mountains, Sudan. January 2001. A man is cut with a razor as part of a traditional Nuba funeral rite.
Tira Limon, Nuba Mountains, Sudan. January 2001. A wrestling match . A Nuba tradition that has endured and allowed them to survive and foster tribal and inter-tribal relationships.
Strategically positioned like a cushion between black Christian and Arab Islamic Africa, the Nuba Mountains are located in the center of Africa's largest country. The Nuba sought refuge in the Mountains when they rebelled against the Sharia (Islamic) law imposed by the government in Khartoum in 1983 and joined sides with southern Sudan (largely black animist and Christians) in the war. For decades, the Nuba were completely cut off from the rest of the world - and forced to live under prehistoric conditions. Today, the presence of peace and the expected subsequent flow of revenues from what are believed to be large oil deposits could mean the beginning of development for the Nuba Mountains.Nuba Mountains, Sudan. January 2001.
Kalkada Village, Nuba Mountains, Sudan. March 1997.
Woman carrying water.
Nuba Mountains, Sudan. January 2001. Nuba child in Kalkada village.
Nuba mountains, Sudan, 1998
Nuba Mountains, Sudan. January 2001. Nuba children. In the background a woman beats the seeds out of the durra.
Nuba mountains, Sudan, 1998
Nuba mountains, Sudan, 2001
Moro Hills, Nuba Mountains, Sudan. November 2005.
Nadia, 30 years old, Tocha tribe. Outside her home. Scarification is dying out among the Nuba. The Tacha scar their members as they approach maturity, to mark the change from one generation to the other. Girls begin with the fist set of body scarification at the age of nine or ten. These are closely relted to physiological changes. A second set takes place after menstruation starts. Rocks are used for scarring, making the risk of infection high.
Nuba Mountains, Sudan, January 2001. Nuba child.
Strategically positioned like a cushion between black Christian and Arab Islamic Africa, the Nuba Mountains are located in the center of Africa's largest country. The Nuba sought refuge in the Mountains when they rebelled against the Sharia (Islamic) law imposed by the government in Khartoum in 1983 and joined sides with southern Sudan (largely black animist and Christians) in the war. For decades, the Nuba were completely cut off from the rest of the world - and forced to live under prehistoric conditions. Today, the presence of peace and the expected subsequent flow of revenues from what are believed to be large oil deposits could mean the beginning of development for the Nuba Mountains.Nuba Mountains, Sudan, January 2001. Nuba child.
Nuba Mountains, Sudan. January 2001. Inside a hut.
Nuba mountains, Sudan, 2001
Nuba Mountains, Sudan. February 2002.
Nuba child at school.
Nuba mountains, Sudan, 2001
Nuba mountains, Sudan, 2001
Nuba Mountains, Sudan. February 2002.
A training session of SPLA (Sudan People's Liberation Army) soldiers.
Nuba mountains, Sudan, 2001
Nuba Mountains, Sudan. February 2002.
Nuba children.
Nuba mountains, Sudan, 2001
