The Microfictions of Sudanese Writer Fatima As-Sanoussi
As-Sanoussi’s stories had wide influence on Sudan’s ‘80s generation writers, who found inspiration and guidance in her condensed artistic practice.
Lemya Shammat
The Popular Art and Poetry of Sudanese Protesters
“A bullet doesn’t kill, what really kills is the silence of the oppressed.”
‘A Drizzle of Bullets’: Poetry of Dissent in Sudan
He was compelled to throw his notebook
so he bent to lift up a brick,
and could see the sniper’s beard
soaked in his own blood
The Unique Wordplay of Sudanese Writer Bushra Al-Fadil
“Without falling victim to affectation, artificiality, or modernist arbitrariness, he has been able to coin creative expressions that have moved beyond the pages of his short stories into daily use.”
Reflecting on Abdel Goddous Al-Khatim’s ‘Reflections On Sudanese Culture’
These critiques closely follow the impact of the ’60s poetry and the evolution of major cultural currents such as the “Bush and the Desert,” which advocated an Afro-Arab identity, followed by “Apademak,” which called for a pure Sudanese culture.