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.

Related Topics:
Nuba Mountains - Kordofan - Sudan - Africa - Tribe - Ethnic - Linguistic

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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.

Related Topics:
Leni Riefenstahl - Triumph des Willens

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