"The Last of the Nuba" is the English-language title of the 1973 book "Die Nuba" by German film maker

Published on 13 June 2024 at 06:09

"The Last of the Nuba" is the English-language title of the 1973 book "Die Nuba" by German filmmaker and photographer Leni Riefenstahl. The book contains visual documentation of the Nuba people and their culture in the remote Nuba Mountains of Sudan. It is considered significant for its anthropological, ethnological, and cultural-historical value, capturing the traditional life of the Nuba people during that period. Despite the controversy surrounding it, the book's photographs have been praised for their beauty and power, contributing to Riefenstahl's rehabilitation as an artist after her involvement with Nazi propaganda. "The Last of the Nuba" remains a significant, albeit controversial, work in visual anthropology.

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