ABSTRACT
The Nuba people are “black” and “African,” and indigenous to the Nuba Mountains in Sudan where they continue to reside. While different groups speak different dialects, the lingua franca of the Nuba is Arabic. 1 Some Nuba are Muslim, some are Christian. Many mix elements of their traditional religious beliefs with their “newly acquired” Muslim and Christians beliefs and rituals. Rahhal (2001) has observed that “[b]efore the war came to the mountains, Islam, Christianity and local beliefs were practiced side by side without prejudice or pressure, creating a remarkable religious tolerance among the Nuba. It was common to find more than one religion in a single family” 2 (p. 40).
