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Journain Playing The Flute

Collection: westernsudancommunitymuseums.films
Description: Jima Atin, aka 'Journain', a Dajo musician from Nyala, plays the flute (Imrara).
Journain Playing The Flute

Beni Halba Drums

Collection: westernsudancommunitymuseums.films
Description: Dabaka Isa Dabaka explains the significance and use of traditional drums in the Beni Halba tribe. The drums are played by Salaha.
Beni Halba Drums

Al Amin Khalf Allah Plays A Darfuri Lullaby

Collection: westernsudancommunitymuseums.films
Description: Musician Al Amin Khalf Allah plays a Darfuri lullaby on the oud, a fretless stringed instrument closely related to the guitar or lute. Shot at the Khalifa House in Omdurman.
Al Amin Khalf Allah Plays A Darfuri Lullaby

Potters In Kas, Darfur

Collection: westernsudancommunitymuseums.films
Description: Potters at the Tuesday market in Kas (1hr West of Nyala), painting incense burners. Mariam Mohamed Abaka is filmed pounding the base of a water pot.
Potters In Kas, Darfur

Nuba Wrestling

Collection: westernsudancommunitymuseums.films
Description: A Snoop video showing traditional Nuba wrestling in Khartoum during the Nuba Festival.
Nuba Wrestling

Sultan Ali Dinar's Summer Palace

Collection: westernsudancommunitymuseums.films
Description: A visit to the ruins of Sultan Ali Dinar's Summer Palace, in Al Malam, Darfur, where be was born and raised. Sultan Ali Dinar was the last Sultan of Darfur, which he ruled as an independent state until 1916, when he was killed by the British. Interviews with Omda Ahmed Ibrahim Maki (mayor of Al Malam), Adam Ibrahim Mohamed (educational comissioner) and Lukman Ahmed (journalist). Support from the Malam Darfur Peace and Development. Archive images from Durham University Library Archives and Special Collections.
Sultan Ali Dinar's Summer Palace

Battle of Sheikan

Collection: westernsudancommunitymuseums.films
Description: Archive maps and stills relating to the Battle of Omdurman.
Battle of Sheikan

Street Coffee In Omdurman

Collection: westernsudancommunitymuseums.films
Description: Hyat (Arabic for life) prepares traditional coffee on the streets in front of Omdurman's Khalifa Mosque; roasting and grinding the beans before cooking and serving the coffee.
Street Coffee In Omdurman

Beni Halba Dancers Perform Erech

Collection: westernsudancommunitymuseums.films
Description: Ben Halba dancers perform Erech. A song about peace which appeals to those who are not working, warning of the danger of the sitting idle, saying they must go to work as their Uncle’s daughter is waiting for them.
Beni Halba Dancers Perform Erech

Rezeigat Review 1950s

Collection: westernsudancommunitymuseums.films
Description: Archive film from the Durham University Archive showing Prime Minister Ismail al-Azhari visiting a huge gathering of the Rezeigat tribe in Darfur in the 1950s.
Rezeigat Review 1950s

Ben Halba Dancers Celebrate The Revolution

Collection: westernsudancommunitymuseums.films
Description: Ben Halba dancers perform a song about the 2019 Revolution. Marking the revolution and the change of government, the song calls on the new government to leave the past behind them and come together to build peace.
Ben Halba Dancers Celebrate The Revolution

Moulid Celebrations In Nyala

Collection: westernsudancommunitymuseums.films
Description: Moulid celebrations in Nyala, filmed by Ibrahim and Elsadiq Bedu and edited by Elsadiq Bedu.
Moulid Celebrations In Nyala

Fur Dancers Singing For Peace

Collection: westernsudancommunitymuseums.films
Description: Fur Dancers perform a dance, sending a message to all who live in Sudan and especially those in Darfur, to turn their backs on war, think of their children’s future and sit down together to build peace. (Sung in the Fur language)
Fur Dancers Singing For Peace

Camel Culture In Darfur

Collection: westernsudancommunitymuseums.films
Description: Mohammed Hussein Daw-Alnoor, a camel breeder from Nyala in Sudan's South Darfur (who is a manager at the Nyala Camel Market), explains the importance of camels in the culture of the Rezeigat nomads.
Camel Culture In Darfur

Leaders of The Beni Halba Tribes

Collection: westernsudancommunitymuseums.films
Description: Leaders of the Beni Halba tribe explain the importance of horses in the culture of their tribe. Featuring interviews with Dabaka Isa Dabaka and Musa Adam Hussien, who is also featured riding his horse.
Leaders of The Beni Halba Tribes

The Rezeigat Mayor And Omda Abakkar Kharif Mattar

Collection: westernsudancommunitymuseums.films
Description: The Rezeigat Mayor and community leader, Omda Abakkar Kharif Mattar, explaining life among the Rezeigat.
The Rezeigat Mayor And Omda Abakkar Kharif Mattar

Fur Dancers Singing For A Better World

Collection: westernsudancommunitymuseums.films
Description: Fur Dancers perform a dance, sending a message to all people to go to work in the fields, plant and harvest their food, work and provide. To follow a moral path, not steal, live by their toil and give food to the poor. (Sung in the Fur language)
Fur Dancers Singing For A Better World

Tama Dancers Perform 'Look at me'

Collection: westernsudancommunitymuseums.films
Description: Tama Dancers perform 'Look at me' – a love song.
Tama Dancers Perform 'Look at me'

Kabbabish Nomads

Collection: westernsudancommunitymuseums.films
Description: A group of Kabbabish Nomads moving with their goats, camels and families. Filmed by Michael Mallinson on the road between Khartoum and El Obeid.
Kabbabish Nomads

Rezeigat Wedding Celebrations

Collection: westernsudancommunitymuseums.films
Description: A Rezeigat wedding ceremony and celebrations in the Rezeigat area to the West of Nyala, with singing and dancing.
Rezeigat Wedding Celebrations

Al Amin Khalf Allah Sings About The Battle of Shaikan

Collection: westernsudancommunitymuseums.films
Description: Musician Al Amin Khalf Allah plays the oud, a fretless stringed instrument closely related to the guitar or lute, and sings a traditional song about the Battle of Shaikan. Shot at the Khalifa House in Omdurman.
Al Amin Khalf Allah Sings About The Battle of Shaikan

Friday Worship At The Hamed Al-Nile Mosque In Omdurman

Collection: westernsudancommunitymuseums.films
Description: Friday afternoon worship, incorporating Sufi song and dance, at the tomb of Hamed Al-Nile Mosque in Omdurman, Sudan.
Friday Worship At The Hamed Al-Nile Mosque In Omdurman

El Obeid Catholic Cathedral

Collection: westernsudancommunitymuseums.films
Description: Footage of the interior and exterior of the Catholic Cathedral in El Obeid.
El Obeid Catholic Cathedral

Jebel Khordofan

Collection: westernsudancommunitymuseums.films
Description: Landscape views of Jebel Khordofan, a hill to the West of El Obeid and Boabab trees, which are the state symbols of Khordofan.
Jebel Khordofan

Tama Dancers Perform A Love Song

Collection: westernsudancommunitymuseums.films
Description: Tama Dancers perform a song about a young man travelling to Libya to make money; "I have no money, so I want to go to Libya in order to earn some money so that I can come back and marry you."
Tama Dancers Perform A Love Song

Khalifa Mosque Koran School

Collection: westernsudancommunitymuseums.films
Description: Boys study reading and writing the koran at the Khalifa Mosque Koranic School in Omdurman. Most come from outside Sudan. They live at the school, devoted to reading and memorising the Koran. Writing out extracts onto wooden boards. They go on to higher institutes of Islam learning and may become Imams or Islamic scholars. The singer is Omar Adam A Bakar and the writer is Ibrahim Hussein Mohamad.
Khalifa Mosque Koran School

Beni Halba Dancers Perform Al Katim

Collection: westernsudancommunitymuseums.films
Description: Ben Halba dancers perform Al Katim. The Hakama (Fagda Aja) calls people who are far away from the village to come together and help the poor and ensure that all the children go to school as they are the future men of the village.
Beni Halba Dancers Perform Al Katim

Baggara Nomads

Collection: westernsudancommunitymuseums.films
Description: Archive stills and film of Baggara nomads. Several sources, including colour photography by Gunnar and Randi Haaland, Hugo Bernatzik and Durham University Library Archives and Special Collections. This film includes archival film clips from the Sudan Archive Durham, held under the following copyright: E.G. Bollard collection, Sudan Archive Durham SAD.640/10.
Baggara Nomads
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