The pattern hints at the social structures of the Beja people buried there. Ancient Islamic tombs in Sudan are arranged in clusters that resemble galaxies. Search for: ...

Now a new album, Beja Power! Electric Soul & Brass from Sudan's Red Sea Coast by Noori & His Dorpa Band, gives a voice to their struggles. As one of the first international releases of Beja music ...

Hailing from the Red Sea city of Port Sudan, Jaber belongs to the Beja people, a group of nomadic herders and breeders with unique languages, culture, food and music.

The Beja, a semi-nomadic group of people, who live in rebel-held areas of eastern Sudan need a huge amount of humanitarian assistance, a representative from the International Rescue Committee (IRC ...

The Beja are an ancient multi-tribal people who trace their origins back to Ancient Egypt and the Nubian kingdom of Kush. Their roots are in a vast semi-desert territory that lies between the Nile ...

For Noori – who is from the Beja community, which primarily lives along eastern Sudan’s Red Sea coast – music expresses his long-marginalised people’s struggle to keep their culture alive.

The Beja make up roughly around 10 percent of Sudan's 45 million people, according to the latest official figures published in 2008. They are split into various tribes that primarily speak two ...

Member of the Transitional Sovereignty Council (TSC), Dr. Nawara Abu Mohamed Mohamed Tahir has affirmed the government's commitment and efforts to consolidate peace and security, promote development, ...

“Beja music is the window to the struggles of its people,” Jaber said. He named his six-member band Dorpa, which means “the band of the mountains” in Bedawit, a Beja language. “The Beja have long been ...

Noureddine Jaber, a musician with a unique part-guitar, part-tamboura instrument, is giving voice to Sudan's long-marginalised eastern communities through a new album. Hailing from the Red Sea ...

A collaboration with a New York record label is enabling the sounds of the country's eastern desert to reach a global audience ...