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December 13, 2023

How Leila Aboulela Reclaimed the Heroines of Sudan

The widest-read contemporary Sudanese writer is retrieving from history the stolen spaces of her country’s women, and bringing nuance to an image of Islam. In a time of war, her fiction expands a national consciousness.
Paula Willie-Okafor
Leila Aboulela by Judy Laing

December 11, 2023

Leila Aboulela Is on the December 2023 Cover of Open Country Mag

As war rages in Sudan, we turn to one of its major artists, a pioneering figure in the 2000s resurgence in African literature.
Otosirieze
Leila Aboulela is on the December 2023 cover of OCM - IG - Copy

March 9, 2023

“River Spirit”

The Women’s Prize-nominated and Caine Prize-winning author returns with her sixth novel, set in 1880s Sudan: “This is why she does not stop when she feels the sting. What sting?”
Leila Aboulela
Leila Aboulela - RIVER SPIRIT

July 28, 2021

The Fugitives by Jamal Mahjoub Review—Sudanese Music & Displacement

Even with its serious subject, the novel finds balance through sustained humor and is enhanced by Mahjoub’s ear for dialogue.
Emmanuel Esomnofu
The Fugitives by Jamal Mahjoub

May 29, 2021

“The Fugitives”

In the Sudanese author’s road trip novel, local music takes centre stage.
Jamal Mahjoub
The Fugitives by Jamal Mahjoub.

April 27, 2021

In Jamal Mahjoub’s The Fugitives, Sudanese Music and a Road Trip

“The truth is, I’ve been trying to write this novel for years,” the British Sudanese author tells us. “I wanted to write about the impact of cultural fascism on artists, painters and musicians.”
Emmanuel Esomnofu
The Fugitives by Jamal Mahjoub.

December 13, 2023

Leila Aboulela by Judy Laing

How Leila Aboulela Reclaimed the Heroines of Sudan

The widest-read contemporary Sudanese writer is retrieving from history the stolen spaces of her country’s women, and bringing nuance to an image of Islam. In a time of war, her fiction expands a national consciousness.
Paula Willie-Okafor

December 11, 2023

Leila Aboulela is on the December 2023 cover of OCM - IG - Copy

Leila Aboulela Is on the December 2023 Cover of Open Country Mag

As war rages in Sudan, we turn to one of its major artists, a pioneering figure in the 2000s resurgence in African literature.
Otosirieze

March 9, 2023

Leila Aboulela - RIVER SPIRIT

“River Spirit”

The Women’s Prize-nominated and Caine Prize-winning author returns with her sixth novel, set in 1880s Sudan: “This is why she does not stop when she feels the sting. What sting?”
Leila Aboulela

July 28, 2021

The Fugitives by Jamal Mahjoub

The Fugitives by Jamal Mahjoub Review—Sudanese Music & Displacement

Even with its serious subject, the novel finds balance through sustained humor and is enhanced by Mahjoub’s ear for dialogue.
Emmanuel Esomnofu

May 29, 2021

The Fugitives by Jamal Mahjoub.

“The Fugitives”

In the Sudanese author’s road trip novel, local music takes centre stage.
Jamal Mahjoub

April 27, 2021

The Fugitives by Jamal Mahjoub.

In Jamal Mahjoub’s The Fugitives, Sudanese Music and a Road Trip

“The truth is, I’ve been trying to write this novel for years,” the British Sudanese author tells us. “I wanted to write about the impact of cultural fascism on artists, painters and musicians.”
Emmanuel Esomnofu

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