Sadiq Al-Mahdi

Sadiq Al-Mahdi

male, 73 years old
Sadiq al-Mahdi is a Sudanese political and religious figure. He is head of the National Umma Party and Imam of the Ansar, a sufi sect that pledges...
Minni Minnawi

Minni Minnawi

male
Minni Arcua Minnawi (born about 1972) is the leader of the largest faction of the Sudanese Liberation Army. Under Minnawi's leadership, his SLA...
Jamal Al-Fadl

Jamal Al-Fadl

male
Jamal Ahmed al-Fadl is a Sudanese militant and associate of Osama bin Laden in the early 1990s. Al-Fadl was recruited to the Afghan mujahideen...
Alek Wek

Alek Wek

female, 32 years old
Alek Wek (born April 16 1977) is a Sudanese supermodel who appeared on the catwalks at the age of 18 in 1995. She is from the Dinka ethnic group in...
Muhammad Ahmad

Muhammad Ahmad

male, deceased (1885)
Muhammad Ahmad ibn as Sayyid Abd Allah (b. 12 August, 1845 - June 22, 1885) was a Muslim religious leader, in Sudan. Under his religious authority...
Francis Bok

Francis Bok

male, 30 years old
Francis Piol Bol Bok (born February 1979) is a Dinka tribesman, former Sudanese, alleged slave turned abolitionist. He was captured and enslaved...
Kola Boof

Kola Boof

female, 37 years old
Kola Boof (possibly 3 March 1972) is the pseudonym of an American author who claims Sudanese and Egyptian origin. She is best known for having...
Mahmoud Mohamed Taha

Mahmoud Mohamed Taha

male
Mahmoud Mohamed Taha (1909 - January 18 1985) was a Sudanese political figure and theologian. Taha played a prominent role in Sudan's struggle for...
Francis Deng

Francis Deng

male
Dr Francis Mading Deng is Research Professor of International Politics, Law and Society at the Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced...
Manute Bol

Manute Bol

male, 47 years old
Manute Bol is a Sudanese-born basketball player and activist. Until the debut of Gheorghe Mureşan (who was supposedly a few millimeters taller), B...