March 10: How to Write About War: Literary Sudans

Mar 10, 2023  Writers from Sudan and South Sudan discuss the last few decades of war in the region and the many creative and political ways in which it has been represented in literature. Watch the conversation here:  Panelists: Abdelaziz Baraka Sakin is one of the most prominent novelists and short story writers in Sudan, with more than 15 works of fiction to his name. These include novels such as The Jungo: Stakes of the Earth, The Messiah of Darfur, The Bedouin Lover, The Khandarees, and Samahin. His short story collections include At the Peripheries of Sidewalks, A Woman from Kambo Kadees, and Bones Music. Sakin now lives in Austria and writes for a number of prominent Arab literary publications. Fatin Abbas is the author of the novel Ghost Season (2023). Her short fiction has appeared in Granta, Freeman’s, The Warwick Review, and Friction, and her journalism and review essays have appeared in Le Monde diplomatique, The Nation, Zeit Online, Africa is a Country, Bidoun, Africa