Shabaka

Since the start of Sudan’s third revolution in December 2018, there have been an unprecedented level of activism and engagement by Sudanese in the country and the diaspora. A fire has been lit, and there was no...

If we want to hold on to our young, dynamic and determined youth, we need to give them the right incentives to stay or risk them leaving the continent behind. When statistics tell us that more...

Over the years, I have learnt to embrace myself as a person. My abilities, my ethnicity, my sexual orientation, etc. I have also learnt adaptability from experience and life challenges. I still struggle with a lot...

For anyone who has been following Sudan for the past month or so, social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter have been set alight with posts with pictures and videos of protests unfolding in the...

My children and I have never lived in Sudan and have always considered the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as home. We have now moved to Scotland and daily face the question ‘Where are you from?’ Be...

Representation of Africa and Africans in the Western media, has been, for decades, a consistent parading of malnourished and naked African children in front of cameras and images of lions and gorillas in the jungle. When...

When you hear the word ‘diaspora’, there is generally a confusion about who they are, and their role in the community at large. Let us try to demystify it. Diasporas are individuals and communities who live...