Steamrolling toward the August nationals in Charlotte, North Carolina, the 2012 Slam Nuba slam poetry team (and 2011 national winner) is just back in town after snagging a first-place victory in the ...

The 2012 Slam Nuba slam poetry team has a big reputation to uphold when it heads to Charlotte on August 7 for this year’s National Slam Poetry Meet: It’s a new and differently configured team that ...

Thousands of members of Sudan's Nuba community turned out the Sudanese capital's twin city of Omdurman Saturday for dancing, singing and poetry in a festival showcasing the culture of their ...

Nairobi — DRUMMING FEROCIOUSLY, traditional dancers dressed in colourful costumes decked out with ornaments belted out songs, the men moving their legs and arms as the women undulated from the waist.

The dancers gather at dawn, a crowd of hundreds in a wide circle high in Sudan's Nuba mountains, joining their voices in a high-pitched traditional song. The mass moves in a simple but rhythmic dance.

In a crumbling Khartoum sports hall, a dozen Nuba men in sweat-faded singlets practice wrestling moves under the critical gaze of their Japanese coach, 23-year old Kosuke Sunagawa. Wrestling has been ...

The only surgeon within 200 miles, "Dr. Tom" and a small Sudanese staff treat as many as 400 patients a day at Mother of Mercy Hospital, located in the heart of the Nuba Mountains. The region is the ...

Khartoum — Hundreds of members of the Nuba community turned out in the Sudanese capital Khartoum on Saturday for dancing and singing in a festival that showcased their culture. The Nuba Mountains ...

In the days before he died on March 31st aged 55, Yousif Kuwa wanted two things: to see the latest biography of Nelson Mandela… In the days before he died on March 31st aged 55, Yousif Kuwa wanted two ...