Darfur Heroes; a profile of the amazing Fatima Mohamed Al Hassan, a tireless champion of Darfur's culture and heritage. Fatima founded the Darfur Women's Museum in her home in Nyala, the capital of Sudan's South Darfur state, in 1985. She has devoted her life to protecting, studying and celebrating the region's rich cultural heritage, with a particular focus on the role of women and the importance of engaging young people with their heritage, history and culture. Despite decades of conflict and marginalisation, Darfur is bursting with vitality; it is home to more than 100 distinct tribes, each with their own art, customs and traditions.

This video is a Yoho Media Production for the Museums of Western Sudan; one of 40 short films produced for museums in Omdurman, Nyala and El Obeid, in collaboration with Sudan's National Corporation for Antiquities and Museums, with funding from the British Council's Cultural Protection Fund, in partnership with the UK government's Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.

A big thank you to all those in Darfur who helped make this video possible, especially Fatima, for her time, hospitality, wisdom and fantastic asida, to Elsadiq Bedu, fixer, producer and all round genius, to Gafrr Salih Blley, our unstoppable driver, and to Attia Altahar for translation.