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The Mabaan people speak Mabaan, and are mostly farmers and shepherds. Men and women work together to cultivate crops such as millet, sesame, and beans. The men also engage in hunting and fishing, while women collect fruits and grain. The women wear and make lingans (beads in the Mabaan language), for kids when the graduate or weddings.
also: People: By gender: Women: By nationality: Sudanese This category exists only as a container for other categories of Sudanese women . Articles on individual women should not be added directly to this category, but may be added to an appropriate sub-category if it exists.
The Maba, also called Bargo or Wadai people, are a Sunni Muslim ethnic group found primarily in the mountains of Wadai region in eastern Chad and southern Sudan. [3] Their population is estimated to be about 542,000. [2] Other estimates place the total number of Bargo people in Sudan to be about 28,000. [2]
Abdallah Muhammed at-Tom, elected to Sudan’s first House of Representatives Ismail al-Azhari , former Prime Minister and first Head of State of Sudan, oversaw the independence of Sudan in 1956 Abdallah Bakr Mustafa , nazir of Gedaref and member of the Legislative Assembly between 1948 and 1953
Sara retired with over 35 national and international medals and was the first Sudanese woman to swim the English Channel to France. [18] For her pioneering role in Sudanese swimming, the International Olympic Committee in 2008 gave her a certificate of appreciation, and she was also honoured nationally [ 19 ] and internationally.
Shaigiya swords and lances were no match for Egyptian firearms, and the Egyptian troops continued their conquest of the Sudan. [4]However, as a heroine from Sudanese history, the example of Mihera Bint Abboud has been an inspiration to women participating in anti-colonial politics in the Sudan, [5] as well as in the 2019–2020 Sudanese protests.
Dorothy Griselda El Tayib [1] MBE (15 March 1925 – 20 May 2022) was a British-born visual artist and cultural anthropologist, who was mainly known for her pioneering research on the traditional costumes as they reflect the culture and society of Sudan since the 1970s.
Al Balabil (Arabic: البلابل, transl. The Nightingales) were a popular Sudanese vocal group of three sisters, mainly active from 1971 until 1988. Their popular songs and appearance as modern female performers on stage, as well as on Sudanese radio and television, earned them fame all over East Africa and beyond, and they were sometimes referred to as the "Sudanese Supremes". [1]