An example of Nuba democracy under the tree near the village of Kauda. |
Nuba beauty. |
Our drone base in Nuba Mountains: solar panels, generators, laptops, satellite modems and drones. |
“Now is the most important to retain dignity!” |
Father and son on the way. Where are you going Nuba? |
The villagers are cultivating their fields together. This cooperation they call Nafir. Nafir is collective entertainment with lots of Asida - sorghum porridge and Marisa – local bear made from sorghum. |
School boys are all members of SPLA North (Sudan People Liberation Army) |
Even school girls are members of SPLA North. |
The ruins of Nuba traditional houses after the bombardment and the first rain. |
The biggest grass roofs are supported with clay pillars inside the houses. In them Nuba keep sorghum. A smart way to protect harvest from insects and other animals. |
Drawings of smallest children are expressing what they see around themselves. War and the enemy attacking them with superior technical armor. |
Granite mountains are natural fortresses protecting Nuba all known history against slave hunters attacking from savanna. |
Baobab and an old man, who obviously do not care for the fashion of the modern world. |
Our quadrocopter above the ruins of an burned village in Nuba Mountains. |
Friendship and solidarity in the mountains under siege represent the most important values and guarantee security and survival. |
Nuba shaman – Kujur. |
Traditional Nuba see in drones something like flying eyes of an alien god. |
Rocky floors made life possible without constant mud in rain season. |
A moment of beauty in a war zone. |
Baobabs are best friends to vulnerable Nuba families. |
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Quadrocopter and transmitter after the first rain in Nuba Mountains. |
Children's happiness in the water holes after the rain. |
Traditional cemetery in Buram. No christian crosses - broken clay water containers instead. Symbols of finished life. |
“Why are you so sad, my dear girl?” |
Our friend Halim become a good cameraman. |
Nuba school girls collecting autographs from a new drone pilot. |
Halim during presentation of a drone to the curious villagers in Tamatingo. |
Children expecting government Antonov in the village near Um Dorein. |
Motherhood is holly! |
Awaiting bombardment in the village of Todoro. |
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USAID sorghum being transported from the refugee camp Yida to the Nuba Mountains. |
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During the rain season a bicycle is a better transport vehicle then land-rover because it can avoid the most muddy parts of the way. |
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One of our drones in the hand of local girl. |
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Returning from refugee camp Yida. |
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Most food is transported on the heads of women and girls. |
Sorghum is for the elderly who cannot manage two days long walk. |
UNHCR airplane after landing on the airstrip in refugee camp Yida, some 60 km inside Republic of South Sudan. |
A boy with his cows near the border separating both Sudans. |
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A boy with the shrapnel from a bomb that would kill him, if he had not hide inside a fox hole. |
An old woman on the way to Yida refugee camp. |
An old woman on the way to Yida refugee camp. |
SPLA truck driver. |
Mothers and children in the missionary hospital »Mother of Mercy« in Gidel, after MIG attack on May 6th. |
Girl Kony from our short documentary film on May 12th. |
Nuba in the caves of Kowalib Mountains. |
A grandmother and her grandson in their house in the village of Tadoro. |
Nuba boy collecting cow shit in the village of Tadoro. |
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It is impossible to forget Nuba's friendship and empathy. |
Little drones with cameras. |
Halim presenting drones. |
Nuba have nothing to hide. |