Landscape from “Al-Sababi”, 1990, Khalafalla Abboud. Watercolor, courtesy of Sudan Artists Gallery, Philadelphia.

Landscape from “Al-Sababi”, 1990, Khalafalla Abboud. Watercolor, courtesy of Sudan Artists Gallery, Philadelphia.

Critical Viewing: Plot What connection can you make between the beginning of the story and this image?

Cultural Background

Cattle herding is a way of life in the villages of southern Sudan. People use everything that the cows make, such as their milk. While the cattle are not killed for meat, the people will eat a cow that has died and use its skin to make things.