Books

Saqi Books announces the release of the much-anticipated debut novel by prize-winning Sudanese author Reem Gaafar. A Mouth Full of Salt is set to be released on 9 April 2024. A Mouth Full of Salt follows three...

Sudanese-British television and radio journalist Zeinab Badawi has announced that her first book, An African History of Africa: From the Dawn of Civilization to Independence, is set to be released on 18 April 2024. She revealed the...

Sudanese Arabic is a beautiful dialect, yet it is almost unknown to the outside world. Even to some who are of Sudanese descent, but grew up in a different country the language may be foreign. Virtually...

A mysterious burnt corpse appears one morning in Saraaya, a remote border town between northern and southern Sudan. For five strangers on an NGO compound, the discovery foreshadows trouble to come. Weaving a sweeping history of...

Award-winning Sudanese-Scottish writer Leila Aboulela is to publish a new novel, River Spirit, on 7 March 2023. The novel explores the imperialist history of Sudan during the Mahdist War in the 19th century. The US edition...

Sudan, now split into the Republic of Sudan and the Republic of South Sudan, boasts a rich cultural heritage that has in recent years become the increasing focus of an international community of archaeologists, anthropologists and...

Dr Hassan Adrob has released his fourth book, Beja Poetry – The Model of Arka Saber, which is now available on Amazon. In his new book, Adrob explores Beja poetry through the poetry of the late...

A Kickstarter campaign, Read, Write, Count (Geri, Fai, Omir; ⲅⲉⲣⲓ, ⲫⲁ̄ⲓ̈, ⲟ̄ⲙⲓⲣ), has launched to publish four children’s books in Nubian, one of Africa’s oldest written languages, to promote and improve Nubian-language literacy. Taras Press along...

Hajja Waheeba, from Leila Aboulela’s Lyrics Alley, is a character well-known to anyone who has spent any time in Sudanese communities. A full-figured older woman, arms jangling with bangles, and cheeks marked with tribal scars, she is...

There are many things that Sudan is far behind on including science, technology, healthcare systems, education, and the list goes on. However, Sudanese literature is rich with successful Sudanese writers such as Al Tayeb Salih and...