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Abdou from Musawwarat

Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf
Description: Portrait of Abdou, one of the foreworkers at the Humboldt-University excavations in Musawwarat
Abdou from Musawwarat

Blacksmith from Tanqasi village

Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf
Description: Portrait of a blacksmith from Tanqasi who had helped me repair the springs of my off-road vehicle. When it came to shortening a large spring from a minibus, he had just made a small fireplace in his yard in front of the veranda of his house and forged the spring without further ado.
Blacksmith from Tanqasi village

Young man with Kalashnikov from Fungor.

Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf
Description: Portrait of a young man sitting together with other people under a Rakuba in Fungor. As there are no state institutions in the small Nuba villages and thus no police or similar, the men, especially the former SPLA fighters, often carry their weapons, which they still have from the civil war.
Young man with Kalashnikov from Fungor.

Musa from Musawwarat

Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf
Description: Portrait of Musa, one of the excavation workers from the Hassaniya tribe who assisted in the Humboldt University excavations in Musawwarat
Musa from Musawwarat

Men from Musawwarat

Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf
Description: Portrait of five men from Musawwarat. They all belong to the Hassaniya tribe and worked as excavation workers on the Humboldt University of Berlin's excavations in Musawwarat in the 1990s. The young man on the right in the foreground is Ahmed ed Dali, son of Mohammed Ahmed ed Dali, the rais of the nomadic group inhabiting the region of Musawwarat.
Men from Musawwarat

Young man with Kalashnikov from Niaro

Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf
Description: The Nuba men usually carry their weapons with them at all times, not only the former SPLA fighters…
Young man with Kalashnikov from Niaro

Mechanics in a Khartoum car workshop

Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf
Description: Portrait of the mechanics during the repair of my Landcruiser in Khartoum
Mechanics in a Khartoum car workshop

The guard of the el-Kurru cemetery at his home

Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf
Description: Portrait of the guard of the Cushite cemetery of el-Kurru in his courtyard in the village of el-Kurru. He is standing in front of the wreckage of his old taxi, which he always wanted to restore, but which apparently never happened. In the foreground a hibiscus plant with red flowers.
The guard of the el-Kurru cemetery at his home

Man firing salutes with his Kalashnikov at a funeral service in Fungor

Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf
Description: At funeral ceremonies, the Nuba men shoot a salute into the air to salute the deceased
Man firing salutes with his Kalashnikov at a funeral service in Fungor

Farmer from Dar el-Arab

Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf
Description: Portrait of an old farmer from Dar el-Arab
Farmer from Dar el-Arab

Young smoking man sitting on an angareb

Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf
Description: Portrait of a young man from Niaro. He is sitting on the edge of an angareb smoking a cigarette and drinking Marisa, a traditional, locally produced beer. On the right side of the angareb is a portable radio. Besides a digital watch and the European clothes that the Nuba usually get from international aid supplies, he wears his traditional utensils, for example, the knife on his upper left arm and a bracelet with talismans on his upper right arm. His head is covered by a plastic hat he borrowed from his wife. It is impossible for a Nuba to be photographed without headgear.
Young smoking man sitting on an angareb

Obiedallah from Musawwarat

Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf
Description: Portrait of Obiedallah. He was a foreman on the Humboldt University excavations in the 1960s and was later employed by the Sudanese Antiquities Department as a guard at Musawwarat. When this portrait was taken, he was already retired and taking care of the plants at the Humboldt University excavation house.
Obiedallah from Musawwarat

Bilal from Gabati

Collection: pawelwolf.pawelwolf
Description: Portrait of the excavation worker Bilal Mubarak, whom I had met on the SARS excavations in Gabati, and who later also worked on our excavations in Meroe and Hamadab.
Bilal from Gabati
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