The project visits a photo collection of important families in Sudan’s history. Families have played an important part in keeping Sudan’s history alive since the successful war against the Ottoman-Egytian rule in Sudan, and the British from 1881 to 1895. Sudan became was on of the first African countries to become independent in 1956. During this period the family collected photographs of important events, visits, and historical moments. This is an ongoing project led by Ala Kheir, a Sudanese photographer and archival activist….

These collections are from the Abbas, Aboud and Jubara families. Abbas Habib Allah. 1950-2020 was born in 1950,  at 15 years old he started to photograph with the family camera. He began his career as a trainee in the ministry of culture in Khartoum and progressed there to become one of the important photographers in the photography unit. Abbas documented many important events for the government. However, his photography changed a lot after returning to his hometown “Alobied” where he started photographing family, friends, and neighbours. Creating an intimate collection of Alobied culture in the 1970s-90s.