contact information to Mr. Omar

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kåre Bækgård"
To:
Sent: Tuesday, February 21, 2006 2:59 PM
Subject: contact information to Mr. Omar


Dear sir
I am writing on a novel, and am trying to find a person, who has
knowledge about the tribal nations of Sudan.
I have found the online discussion board of Sudan Online, but as a
non-member, I cannot participate. On the following link, there is a
person, who seems to be very knowledgeable about tribal relations - a
Mr. Omar

Crossing the barriers….. Got to know them better….
I would like to be able to somehow ask him a few questions. Do you
have contact information on this person? If not, could I ask you to
forward the following to the discussion board? I will then check for
answers regularly.

With kind regards

Mr. Kaare Baekgaard


The questions to be forwarded:


Dear Sir

I write to you, as I have noticed, that you have extensive knowledge
about the peoples living in Sudan. I hope, I can impose on you as a
source of information, and ask your help, for which I would be very
grateful.

I am writing a novel, which includes – as a bycharacter – a young
woman, who originates from Sudan. I have, alas, little knowledge of
the country and its peoples. So I have made a preliminary outline of
the character, and I am now trying to ensure, that there is some
realism to the figure. The novel takes place in 1983.

In my outline the woman is called Naibani (which in honesty is the
only Sudanese name, I know). She is a rural, tribal woman with little
or no formal education. She derives from a region, which has
traditionally held animistic religious beliefs, but which has – by
1983 – to some degree converted to islam. In order for my story to
function, she needs to speak at least a little arabic - and perhaps
also know a few english words.

Would such a person exist in Sudan in 1983? What region and village
could she belong to? What tribal nationality would she have? On what
crops or livestock would the local economy be based? What could her
names be - and the names of the members of her family? How would she
mourn the death of a close friend? With what frase might she greet a
stranger?

I would be in debt to you, if you could answer these questions.

With sincere regards

Mr. Kaare Baekgaard
[email protected]

Dear Bakri...
Thanks for the message, and I apologize for responding late...


Dear Mr. Kaare Baekgaard

Thank you for your interest in my country.. However, I am not as you described "Knowledageable about tribes" in Sudan.. My knowledge is in the same level of any average Sudanese who knows some details about this vast place called Sudan, and its diverse and beautiful people. Most of the contributions you saw in that post were sourced from the following site:

http://www.gurtong.org

which was properly referred to in my post titled "knowing them better". I would adivse you to refer to that web site for further information if you are paricualrly interested in our tibes of the Southern Sudan