A Fur woman with her child in a transhumant settlement.
Village near Kutum in Northern Darfur.
Photo : Randi Haaland, 1978
Tag Archives: Seasonal migrations
Photo 84 – UBB-HAA-33
A Baggara Arab man and child riding an ox on their migration from the dry season grazing area in western Darfur to their own rainy season “dar” (homeland in Arabic) in Id el Ghannam, southern Darfur. Note the lance (Arabic: “shalaqaya”) he is carrying.
Amballa, Lower Wadi Azum.
Photo: Gunnar Haaland, 1965
Photo 85 – UBB-HAA-47
A Baggara Arab woman riding an ox on the group’s movement from the dry-season Fur area to the Baggara rainy season areas further south in Id el Ghannam.
Wadi Azum area, Western Darfur.
Photo: Gunnar Haaland, 1965
Photo 86 – UBB-HAA-54
A Baggara woman loading the family’s household utensils on an ox, preparing to move from the dry season grazing of Western Darfur area to the rainy season areas in Southern Darfur.
Lower Wadi Azum, Western Darfur.
Photo: Gunnar Haaland, 1965
Photo 87- UBB-HAA-546
A Baggara group moving to a new dry season camp in the Fur area along Wadi Azum. Note the lance (Arabic: “shalaqaiya”) carried by the man. This is a typical weapon used by the Baggara.
Near the town of Zalingi, Western Darfur.
Photo: Gunnar Haaland, 1965
Photo 89 – UBB-HAA-20
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
Photo 92 – UBB-HAA-48
At a camp of the Woodabe Fulani nomads during their migration into Fur area towards the end of the rainy season. The Fulani are found in the Sahel/Savannah zone from Senegal to the border of Ethiopia. As cattle herders they compete with the Baggara Arabs for pasture and water.
Southern Darfur.
Photo: Gunnar Haaland, 1973
Photo 93 – UBB-HAA-59
A woman of the Woodabe Fulani is loading the family’s household equipment, preparing to move further north into the Fur area.
Southern Darfur.
Photo: Gunnar Haaland, 1973
Photo 95 – UBB-HAA-288
A couple of the Weila Fulani is setting up their tent towards the end of the rainy season. The Fulani nomads generally move into the Fur area before the Baggara Arabs and they are also the first to move southwards as the rain approaches.
Near Nyertete, Western foothills of Jebel Marra, Western Darfur.
Photo: Gunnar Haaland, 1965
