A woman of the Umm Jalul Arab camel nomads. The Umm Jalul leave their rainy season grazing areas in Northern Darfur and migrate to the area of the Fur in the dry season when water and pastures are scarce in the north.
Foothills of Jebel Marra, Western Darfur.
Photo: Gunnar Haaland, 1965
A group of Jumala Arab nomads from Northern Darfur migrating through the Fur area of Western Darfur, after the Fur have harvested their fields. In the 1960s and 1970s relations between the Fur and Arab groups, like the Baggara and Jumala, were quite peaceful. From the 1980s tensions were growing, and from the turn of the millenium the Baggarta and Jumala Arabs have been very active in the Janjaweed militias fighting the Fur farmers.
Zalingi area, Western Darfur.
Photo: Gunnar Haaland, 1966
