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South Sudan

14 images Created 27 Aug 2014

The remote villages of the Lopit and Didinga Mountains in South Sudan are accessible only by light aircraft or long roads rife with potholes and bandits. Due to their hard-to-access locations, these small villages are untouched by the recent war that ravages most of the country.

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  • The hills of Southern Sudan are a lush respite from the parched plains below. The village of Nagishot is high in the Didinga mountains and is home to cattle herders and maize growers, and is virtually untouched by the strife of political unrest and war.
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  • The Didinga Mountains
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  • A Didinga cattle herder walks through the fog. While the temperatures down on the plains can soar to above 40ºC the villages higher up enjoy a more temperate climate.
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  • A young Didinga girl in traditional beads and a colourful wrap.
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  • Young girls hand-grind sorghum in Iboni. Sorghum is the staple food among the Lopit tribe. Every day most villagers will tend to either the sorghum fields (called gardens) or a herd of cattle. The sorghum is most often made into either bread or beer.
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  • The view from Ohilang. Much like Nagishot, Ohilang is removed from the recent civil wars of South Sudan.
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  • Ohilang village. Cattle herding and sorghum farming are the two main activities of most Lopit people.
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  • Lopit children in Iboni village.
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  • A man tends his peanut field near Ohilang. Most villagers head to the fields every day from sunrise to sunset.
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  • Maize is the staple crop up in Nagishot.
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  • Cattle are highly prized among the Lopit. Battles over grazing land and animals would frequently break out between villagers of Ohilang and Iboni.
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  • The Lopit hills make travel difficult. Roads are often accessible only with a four-wheel-drive, and are subject to potholes, flooding, and bandits.
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  • Children in Nagishot.
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  • Kids run down the main street of Nagishot. Due to it's remote location, the village is highly self-sustainable and outside development hasn't overly influenced the area.
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