Close-up shots: Armed cattle herders roam the Nuba Mountains

The Nuba people are mainly farmers and cattle herders. Young cow herders spend their days grazing their cows, drinking milk and practicing nuba-wrestling.

There is a saying in the Nuba Mountains that one should not fear a man drunk on marissa (a local beer), but rather a man drunk on milk”.

Hajooj Kuka, spent a few weeks in the Nuba Mountains in December 2012, capturing this young cow herder casually wearing an AK-47: