A WOMEN’S WORLD IN SUDAN BY ANDREEA CÂMPEANU

“While travelling around Sudan for six months during last year, I realized that women were the ones doing most of the work around the house, even the harder one, while also being victims of gender based violence including FGM (female genital mutilation), or early marriages (followed by school dropout). Still, I found them incredibly strong and their desire to live and learn was very inspiring. This is part of a work in progress I hope to be able to continue.”

A woman from Kadougli tribe is producing home made beer in a hut. Women’s job is both to collect water and make the beer, but usually only the men drink it

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Women carrying wood close to Damazine in Blue Nile State.

14 years old bride tired on her wedding day, in a tukule close to Kurmuk in Blue Nile State. As a result of early marriage, girls stop going to school. They also face big risks when giving birth to babies.

Areej Kamal Altaib, 13, is posing inside a class in Khadeeja Bint Khwailed school in Badoos village, one hour away from Damazine, in Blue Nile state.

Girls at Sali primary school in Kurmuk locality, Blue Nile state in Sudan receive new textbooks from Save the Children Sweden. Save the Children staff say that this is something some children don’t even dream about.

Southern Sudanese model, Khartoum.

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Andreea Campeanu
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SUDAN : LE CAVERNE COME RIFUGIO

Lewere, Sudan – As the July 9 division of Sudan nears, the government in Khartoum is scrambling to crush any rebellious chunks of the territory that will remain its own. Its forces have been relentlessly pounding the Nuba Mountains from Russian-made Antonov bombers for weeks, demanding that tens of thousands of rebel fighters dug in here disarm and drop their insistence on more autonomy for the distinctive Nuba people.
Hundreds of civilians have been killed, including many children. Bombs have been dropped on huts, on farmers in the field, on girls fetching water together, slicing them in half with buckets in their hands.
As the area inches toward becoming fully engulfed in war, the Nuba caves offer a crucial refuge.
Fatima Ramadan, mother of six, froze, her eyes shooting up to the sky.
“Antonov!” she yelled.
Little girls threw down the pebbles they were playing with. Toddlers, sensing danger, started to wail. About two dozen people grabbed the young and dashed up the mountainside into a cave. It was hot and dark inside, and the children’s eyes were wide with fear.
“I don’t like this place,” said Kaka, a 10-year-old girl.
Nobody does. And yet thousands of people live like this.


A child takes refuge in the Nuba Mountains in Lewere. Hundreds of civilians have been killed, including many children. Bombs have been dropped on huts, on farmers in the field, on girls fetching water together, slicing them in half with buckets in their hands. (Tyler Hicks/The New York Times)


A girl stands on a ledge in the Nuba Mountains in Kurchi, Sudan. Government forces have been pounding the Nuba Mountains from Russian-made Antonov bombers for weeks, demanding that tens of thousands of rebel fighters dug in there disarm and drop their insistence on more autonomy for the distinctive Nuba people. (Tyler Hicks/The New York Times)


People wash their clothes in the Nuba Mountains in Kurchi, Sudan. (Tyler Hicks/The New York Times)


People wash their clothes in the Nuba Mountains in Kurchi, Sudan, July 3, 2011. Government forces have been pounding the Nuba Mountains from Russian-made Antonov bombers for weeks, demanding that tens of thousands of rebel fighters dug in there disarm and drop their insistence on more autonomy for the distinctive Nuba people. (Tyler Hicks/The New York Times)


Mothers and children rest in the Nuba Mountains in Kurchi, Sudan. (Tyler Hicks/The New York Times)


An elderly woman in a cave in the Nuba Mountains in Kurchi, Sudan, July 3, 2011. (Tyler Hicks/The New York Times)


Children play with pebbles on a hillside in the Nuba Mountains in Lewere, Sudan. Hundreds of civilians have been killed, including many children. Bombs have been dropped on huts, on farmers in the field, on girls fetching water together, slicing them in half with buckets in their hands. (Tyler Hicks/The New York Times)


Women and children run to a cave entrance when a plane is heard overhead in the Nuba Mountains in Lewere, Sudan, July 1, 2011. (Tyler Hicks/The New York Times)


People take refuge in the Nuba Mountains in Lewere. As the area inches toward becoming fully engulfed in war, the Nuba caves offer a crucial refuge. (Tyler Hicks/The New York Times)


A child is comforted in the Nuba Mountains in Lewere, Sudan. As the July 9 division of Sudan nears, the government in Khartoum is scrambling to crush any rebellious chunks of the territory that will remain its own. (Tyler Hicks/The New York Times)


Mothers and children take refuge in the Nuba Mountains in Lewere, Sudan, July 1, 2011. About two dozen people grabbed the young and dashed up the mountainside into a cave. It was hot and dark inside, and the childrenŐs eyes were wide with fear. (Tyler Hicks/The New York Times)


Children hide in a cave in the Nuba Mountains in Lewere, Sudan, July 1, 2011. Government forces have been pounding the Nuba Mountains from Russian-made Antonov bombers for weeks, demanding that tens of thousands of rebel fighters dug in there disarm and drop their insistence on more autonomy for the distinctive Nuba people. (Tyler Hicks/The New York Times)

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DINKA LEGENDARY CATTLE KEEPERS OF SUDAN

Appagando contemporaneamente le mie passioni per l’Africa, gli studi antropologici, la fotografia e le pubblicazioni fotografiche, oggi dedico una segnalazione ad Angela Fisher e Carol Beckwith, che da oltre trenta anni vivono a stretto contatto con le etnie indigene africane cercando di preservarne rituali e memorie che rischiano di scomparire.



Dopo tante foto e pubblicazioni straordinarie dedicate a quei riti e quelle tradizioni tribali millenarie, che la loro fondazione African Ceremonies Inc è impegnata a sostenere con i proventi di vendite e iniziative, alla pregevole collezione si aggiunge una nuova pubblicazione sui Dinka del Sudan Meridionale.



Dinka Legendary Cattle Keepers of Sudan, arricchisce peraltro lo scaffale della Modernbook Editions, con immagini e i rituali di un popolo straordinario che ha prosperato con l’allevamento e il commercio di bestiame, fino a quando la guerra civile del Sudan ne ha messo a rischio usi e costumi.



Immagini entusiasmanti che sono state in mostra alla Modernbook Gallery di San Francisco fino al 27 novembre, che grazie a loro potete sbirciare in questa gallery.




Nelle immagini, un popolo con un profondo legame fisico e spirituale con la terra e gli animali, e una devozione per le loro mucche dalle grandi corna addirittura leggendaria.



Una tribù di pastori che per anni ha proliferato in un territorio esteso tra il Nilo Bianco e gli affluenti Bahr el Ghazal a occidente e il Sobat a oriente, fra i distretti di Wau e Bor, dormendo e vivendo in mezzo alla mandria, dando ai bambini il nome dell’animale preferito dal genitore, e soffiano nella vagina delle mucche per favorirne la fertilità.



Un popolo infinitamente bello, se mi concedete l’espressione, proprio in virtù dei suoi colori e tradizioni, e quella pelle tanto nera come l’ebano quanto ‘bianca’, da guadagnarsi il termine di “ghostly” (fantasma) tra i primi esploratori, perché cosparsa della cenere bianca di sterco bovino per preservarla da morsi di insetti e malaria (la stessa con la quale si puliscono i denti), suggestivamente in linea con termini come “jieng” e “mony-jang”, ovvero “men of men”, con i quali i Dinka si fanno chiamare.



Il fatto che sia altissimi, flessuosi e belli come dei, ovviamente contribuisce.



Il libro edito da Rizzoli Usa nello scorso settembre, con i resoconti delle due fotografe e l’introduzione di Francis Deng, attuale consigliere speciale del Segretario generale delle Nazioni Unite sulla prevenzione del genocidio, e le copie da collezione disponibili da ottobre in cofanetti impreziositi da una stampa a scelta tra le cinque contemplate (nell’ultima immagine della gallery), sono un po’ costosi, ma se pensate che il ricavato andrà a sostenere queste stesse comunità e le preziose tradizioni che rischiano di perdere, i prezzi in rapporto a quelli di questo genere di pubblicazioni appaiono irrisori, oltre che ben spesi.
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