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A traditional Birgid song and dance group

Collection: westernsudancommunitymuseums.photographs
Description: A traditional Birgid song and dance group, performing in Nyala, South Darfur.
A traditional Birgid song and dance group

A traditional Birgid song and dance group

Collection: westernsudancommunitymuseums.photographs
Description: A traditional Birgid song and dance group, performing in Nyala, South Darfur.
A traditional Birgid song and dance group

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

A Beni Halba traditional song and dance group

Collection: westernsudancommunitymuseums.photographs
Description: Members of a Beni Halba traditional song and dance group singing together in Nyala, South Darfur.
A Beni Halba traditional song and dance group

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

Journain, the Flute Man

Collection: westernsudancommunitymuseums.photographs
Description: A black and white portrait of Journain, the Flute Man, a traditional Dajo musician, playing the flute in Nyala, Darfur.
Journain, the Flute Man

Three camel traders

Collection: westernsudancommunitymuseums.photographs
Description: A group of three camel traders in the Nyala camel market.
Three camel traders

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

Camel owners and traders

Collection: westernsudancommunitymuseums.photographs
Description: A group of camel owners and traders at the Nyala camel market.
Camel owners and traders

Student at the Khalifa Mosque Koran school

Collection: westernsudancommunitymuseums.photographs
Description: A young student at the Khalifa Mosque Koran school sitting behind a wooden board on which he hand wrote verses from the Koran.
Student at the Khalifa Mosque Koran school

Nuba Wrestling

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

Sufi devotee at the Ismailia Sufi Festival

Collection: westernsudancommunitymuseums.photographs
Description: Portrait of a Sufi devotee attending the Ismailia Sufi festival in El Obeid.
Sufi devotee at the Ismailia Sufi Festival

Rezeigat father

Collection: westernsudancommunitymuseums.photographs
Description: A Rezeigat nomad father in his family's tent home.
Rezeigat father

Central courtyard of the Nyala Museum

Collection: westernsudancommunitymuseums.photographs
Description: A wide view of the central courtyard in the Nyala Museum
Central courtyard of the Nyala Museum

A Birgid weaver in Menawashe, Darfur Western Sudan

Collection: westernsudancommunitymuseums.photographs
Description: A young woman weaving and decorating a traditional covering for serving food at a roadside stall.
A Birgid weaver in Menawashe, Darfur Western Sudan

A Rezeigat woman

Collection: westernsudancommunitymuseums.photographs
Description: A Rezeigat woman posing for the camera outside her tent home.
A Rezeigat woman

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

Journain, the Flute Man, playing the Kurdu.

Collection: westernsudancommunitymuseums.photographs
Description: A portrait of Journain, the Flute Man, a traditional Dajo musician. He is playing the Kurdu, a traditional stringed instrument, in Nyala, Darfur.
Journain, the Flute Man, playing the Kurdu.

El Obeid souk

Collection: westernsudancommunitymuseums.photographs
Description: A market trader in the El Obeid souk.
El Obeid souk

A donkey cart driven by two boys

Collection: westernsudancommunitymuseums.photographs
Description: A donkey cart driven by two boys in the streets of Nyala, South Darfur.
A donkey cart driven by two boys

Taxi driver at the El Obeid meat market

Collection: westernsudancommunitymuseums.photographs
Description: Portrait of a taxi driver at the El Obeid meat market.
Taxi driver at the El Obeid meat market

A Rezeigat woman

Collection: westernsudancommunitymuseums.photographs
Description: A Rezeigat woman posing for the camera in her tent.
A Rezeigat woman

Battle of Sheikan

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

Rezeigat nomads around a fire

Collection: westernsudancommunitymuseums.photographs
Description: A group of Rezeigat nomads gathered around a fire at night, celebrating the safe return of their friends from the war in Yemen.
Rezeigat nomads around a fire

Journain, the Flute Man

Collection: westernsudancommunitymuseums.photographs
Description: A portrait of Journain, the Flute Man, a traditional Dajo* musician, playing the flute in Nyala, Darfur. *Dajo: a kingdom that arose in Darfur between the tenth and eleventh centuries AD and included the region from the White Nile to the Shari River and from North Kordofan to Bahr al-Ghazal
Journain, the Flute Man

A young woman from Kas, Western Sudan

Collection: westernsudancommunitymuseums.photographs
Description: Portrait of a young woman in Kas, Darfur Western Sudan
A young woman from Kas, Western Sudan

Rezeigat dancers

Collection: westernsudancommunitymuseums.photographs
Description: Women dancing at a Rezeigat tribal gathering in Western Sudan.
Rezeigat dancers
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