I agree with Iain with a caveat. In my experience the major market for these simple kaskara were to use in urban Sudanese weddings. As part of the post marriage festivities the groom (and perhaps other male relatives) would dance around to music and shake a sword in the air no doubt he was prepared to protect his new household.
These swords, at least in the 1980s and much before, were sold on the street by itinerant vendors or in local periodic markets in most towns. Tourists, other foreign visitors, as wells as potential grooms, would find them attractive to buy. While your sword may have been bought by a tourist it wasn't necessarily made for that purpose.
Regards,
Ed
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