A local court (Arabic and Fur: “Makkama”) where the omda (Arabic for chief in the governmental system of administration) is hearing a case. Such courts were mainly deciding according to customary law.
Amballa, Western Darfur.
Photo: Gunnar Haaland, 1965
A Fur woman with her child in a transhumant settlement.
Village near Kutum in Northern Darfur.
Photo : Randi Haaland, 1978
A young Fur woman in an isolated village on Jebel Gurgei is leaving the family compound. Note that she is not dressed according to the Islamic codes, although she is a Muslim.
Jebel Si area, Northern Darfur.
Photo: Gunnar Haaland, 1969
An elderly woman accompanied by four girls and a boy outside her compound in the village of Toumra.
Toumra, Northern Darfur.
Photo: Randi Haaland, 1978
One of the sons of the last sultan of Darfur, Ali Dinar (killed in 1916 west of Zalingi while fleeing from the British invasion force).
El Fashir, Northern Darfur.
Photo: Gunnar Haaland, 1969
