The Nuba people inhabit the Nuba mountains of South Kordofan, one of the most remote and inaccessible places of Sudan.
They managed to keep their traditions, customs and culture intact until recently, partly due to the fact that they are totally isolated.
First small town being 100 miles away, they speak other languages and follow different customs involving tatooing, body painting, wrestling, knife fights or dances of love.
Shortly after the independence of Sudan in 1956, the people of the south were excluded from the heritage of the colonial era under the pretext that they were not educated.
Later on the North imposed the islamic sharia to stop the non Muslims to access key positions in the Governement. Since the 60's the fertile plains of Mount Nuba are reattributed to very lucrative, intensive farming projects, runned by the Sudanese state. In 1992, jihad was declared against the Nubas. Several evidences prove the Sudanese governement is guilty of leading war and to perpetuate crimes against humanity in the Nuba mountains.
Shells symbolize the beginnning of existence but also protection, preservation. Some of them are relics of the past, shaped by the times and tides, they stayed strong and colorful, intact.