Mende Nazer

Mende Nazer

female
Mende Nazer was a slave in Sudan. She was made famous by her transfer to England to serve a diplomatic family. Mende Nazer reports that she was...
Omer Ismail

Omer Ismail

male
Omer Ismail was born in the Darfur region of Sudan. He has spent over 20 years working both independently and with international organizations on...
Wilfred Thesiger

Wilfred Thesiger

male, deceased (2003)
Sir Wilfred Patrick Thesiger, KBE, DSO, (3 June, 1910 - August 24, 2003) was a British explorer and travel writer born in Addis Ababa, the capital...

Khalid Al-Fawwaz

male
Khalid al-Fawwaz alias Abu Omar is a Saudi who has been under indictment in the United States since 1998, accused of helping to prepare the 1998...
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...
Josephine Bakhita

Josephine Bakhita

female, deceased (1947)
Josephine Bakhita (1869 - February 8 1947) is a Roman Catholic saint. Bakhita was born to a locally important family in Olgossa, a village in the...
Heinrich Barth

Heinrich Barth

male, deceased (1865)
Heinrich Barth (February 16 1821 - November 25, 1865) was a German explorer and scholar of Africa.
John Jones

John Jones

male, deceased (1998)
Sir John Jones, KCB (1923 – 1998) was Director-General of MI5, the United Kingdom's internal security service, from 1981 until 1985. Sir John was a...
Alfred Taban

Alfred Taban

male, 52 years old
Alfred Taban (born 1957, Kajokeji) is a Sudanese broadcast journalist. He is currently working as the BBC's correspondent in Khartoum. He is the...
Mubarak Al-Fadil

Mubarak Al-Fadil

male
Mubarak al-Fadil led the Umma Reform and Renewal Party, an opposition political party in Sudan, until his arrest in 2007 for allegedly plotting to...