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A key hallmark of Murphy’s status is his voluminous gallery of offbeat characters — an impeccably attired prison convict, a clumsy professor, a wisecracking donkey, an elderly Jewish man and even an obese, abusive wife.

Some had brought their meagre resources: a donkey, a few goats, a horse.

Wrapped in bright colours and wearing plastic sandals, women in the country's Jebel Marra mountains set off each morning on donkeys, children in tow, to tend the fields.

Her nearby business, Adams’ Pack Station, which does donkey supply runs to historic cabins, was financially hit during the 2020 Bobcat fire.

Those who could afford it paid high prices to hire donkey carts or small trucks to make the arduous journey north.