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Photo Essay: The Nuba of Sudan

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A young girl in rebel-controlled Sudan

A young girl carries a bowl on her head in the rebel-held territories of the Nuba Mountains. There are very few horses or camels in the Nuba Mountains so most things must be carried by hand.

 

A young Nuba boy in tattered clothing carries firewood in the rain in the rebel-held territories of the Nuba Mountains. The mountains have been isolated from the outside world for more than 10 years and commodities like clothing and salt are difficult to find.

A young Nuba boy

 

Airstrip

Young girls huddle together during the take-off of an aid flight on a remote airstrip in the rebel-held territories of the Nuba Mountains. It is illegal to fly into the mountains. Pilots bringing supplies into the mountains who attempt to land on the rudimentary airstrip risk being shot down by government forces.

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