Collections - Sudan Memory

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Collections tracing the heritage, culture and memories of Sudan

Railway Station. Copyright National Records Office.

Railway Station. Copyright National Records Office.

Railway Station. Copyright National Records Office.

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Collections

Since July 2018, Sudan Memory has been digitising a range of materials from public and private collections, old and new, many forgotten and at risk of being lost.

Abri House of Heritage

Abri House of Heritage opened in 2019 as a community heritage centre

Abri House of Heritage

Rashid Photo Studio

The Al Rashid Studio in Atbara is the largest private photo studio in Sudan

Rashid Photo Studio

National Records Office

The National Records Office (NRO) serves as the National Archives of Sudan

National Records Office

Newspapers

Newspapers from the collection of the National Records Office in Khartoum

National Records Office

Manuscripts

Manuscripts dating back to the 16th century, covering a broad range of topics

National Records Office

Mahdia

A collection of Mahdia documents, manuscripts and images

National Records Office

Magazines

A range of publications dating from the 1930s to 1980s

National Records Office

Images

Images dating from the early 1900s, featuring various regions of Sudan

National Records Office

Books

A range of fictional and factual books about or from Sudan

National Records Office

Tales of Jewish Sudan

A collection of stories and photos of the Sudan Jewish community

Tales of Jewish Sudan

Air Tickets History

Air Tickets History is a personal collection of tickets and boarding passes

Air Tickets History

Airline Timetable Images

A website devoted to collecting airline timetables and airline baggage labels

Airline Timetable Images

Frédérique Cifuentes

Frédérique has built an archive of Sudan heritage through photography and film

Frédérique Cifuentes

Habibi Funk

Habibi Funk is dedicated to the funky music of the Arab world of the 1970s

Pawel Wolf

Dr Pawel Wolf has photographed the people and landscapes of Sudan

SARS

The Sudan Archaeological Research Society (SARS) was established in 1991

Sudan Archaeological Research Society

Greenlaw Collection

A collection of Jean-Pierre Greenlaw's photographs, slides and sketches

Sudan Archaeological Research Society

Stories

Extracts of interviews conducted with Sudan’s Jewish community 2015 - 2019

Tales of Jewish Sudan

Sudan Natural History Museum

The Sudan Natural History Museum first opened in 1929

University of Khartoum

Sudan Community Museums

This project focuses on three museums damaged by conflict and neglect

Western Sudan Community Museums

American Geographical Society

A collection of 19th and 20th century maps and personal photos

University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Saadia El Salahi

Saadia discovered her passion for art and costumes at 3 years old

Saadia El Salahi

Graffiti as Devotion

A group of devotional graffiti at the site of El-Kurru, northern Sudan

University of Michigan

Wellcome Collection

The Wellcome Collection is a free museum and library based in London

Wellcome Collection

Al-Sibyan Magazine

One of the most popular and well known publications of Sudan’s mid-20th century

Ministry of Education and Guidance

University of Khartoum

The University of Khartoum is the oldest and largest university in Sudan

University of Khartoum

Sudan Notes and Records

A leading African scholarly journal on Sudanese studies published 1918 - 1984

University of Khartoum

House of Heritage

The cultural centre’s aim is to enhance the Sudanese national identity

House of Heritage

Sudan Memory Digitisation

The Sudan Memory team themselves have contributed a number of collections

Ajras al-Huriyya Cultural Page

...‘the Voice of the marginalized, democrats and civil society’...

Ajras al-Huriyya Cultural Page

Nile Valley University

Established connections with private family and religious centre collections

Nile Valley University

Griselda El Tayib

A personal collection related to the life of Griselda El Tayib MBE and her husband

Griselda El Tayib

Ismail Abdallah Mohammed Yousif

Ismail has a lifelong passion for history and collecting

Ismail Abdallah Mohammed Yousif

Sudan Radio and Television

An archive of radio, video and film recordings

Sudan Radio and Television Corporation

South Sudan National Archives

The South Sudan National Archive Project is a multiphase project

Rift Valley Institute

Pitt Rivers Museum

The Pitt Rivers Museum holds collections of the University of Oxford

Pitt Rivers Museum

Issam Ahmed Abdelhafiez

Issam Abdelhafiez is a Sudanese painter, illustrator and photographer

Issam Ahmed Abdelhafiez

The Khartoum School

Modern Art in Sudan and the emergence of The Khartoum School of Art

Issam Ahmed Abdelhafiez

Rihab Baida Studio, Nyala

Aḥmad Baiḍa is a non-commissioned officer and a photographer

Rihab Baida Studio, Nyala

Hasabu El-Sagheir's Photo Album

Hasabu El-Sagheir is one of the country’s most accomplished sportsmen

Hasabu El-Sagheir

Beja Cultural Studies Centre

Established in 2007 as an academic centre specialising in Beja culture

Beja Cultural Studies Centre

Darfur Women’s Museum

Fatima founded the Darfur Women's Museum in her home in Nyala in 1985

Darfur Women’s Museum

NCAM

The Sudan Antiquities Service was founded in 1905

Sudan Antiquities and Museums

Khalifa House Museum

The Khalifa House Museum is an ethnographic museum

Sudan Antiquities and Museums

Sheikan Museum

Built in 1963, it was the first post-independence museum

Sudan Antiquities and Museums

South Darfur Museum

Shut in 2008 due to conflicts, the museum reopened in 2018

Sudan Antiquities and Museums

College of Fine and Applied Arts

Establishing an art school in Sudan began in the 1930s

College of Fine and Applied Arts

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