Nuba

Nuba is a collective term used for the peoples who inhabit the Nuba Mountains, in Kordofan province, Sudan, Africa. Although the term is used to describe them as if they were a single tribe, in fact the Nuba are quite diverse, and are made up of different ethnic and linguistic groups.

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Estimates of the number of Nuba vary widely; the Sudanese government estimated that they numbered 1.1 million in 1993.

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Leni Riefenstahl, better known for directing Triumph des Willens, published a collection of her photorgraphs of the people titled The Last of the Nuba in 1995.

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Nuba Mountains: The Nuba Mountains are a mountain range in Kordofan, a province in central Sudan, Africa. The mountains cover an area roughly 40 miles wide by 90 miles long, and are 1500 to 3000 feet higher in elevation than the surronding plain. It is arid there, but lush and green compared with most nearby areas....

Kordofan: redirect Kurdufan...

Sudan: :For the region of the same name, see Sudan (region); for the orange-red dye see Sudan I....