The Sudan War series

In the new Sudan War series, a collaboration between SNAC, African Arguments – Debating Ideas, and CEDEJ Khartoum, Sudanese researchers highlight the consequences of the ongoing war. The main focus is on the challenges faced by Sudanese who have been displaced by the April war, and on how they rebuild their lives in exile.

Through a joint effort with African Arguments – Debating Ideas, and the Center for Economic, Legal, and Social Studies and Documentation - Khartoum (CEDEJ Khartoum), the SNAC project takes further steps to bring Sudanese perspectives to the forefront of public and scholarly debates about Sudan. In the newly established Sudan War series, Sudanese researchers, many of whom are themselves displaced, highlight the consequences of the ongoing war. They explore a number of topics, ranging from building a new sense of community, the role that solidarity plays in displacement, to entrepreneurship in exile, often drawing from their own experiences whilst writing through an analytical lens. They also offer their reflections on the future of Sudan.

The Sudan War series originates from several workshops organized by the SNAC project, gathering Sudanese and international scholars and activists. The blog posts will be made available on the SNAC project website as they are published and will also be distributed by African Arguments – Debating Ideas and CEDEJ Khartoum websites and social media.

The blog posts from this series lead up to a special issue on Sudan, focused on capital and displacement edited by Raga Makawi and Mari Norbakk. The special issue will be rather unique as all articles are authored by displaced scholars. The SNAC project has provided writing scholarships to all the Sudanese authors and editors.

The Sudan War series

From Struggle to Strategy: Lessons from Micro- and Small-Scale Manufacturers in Wartime Sudan

By Muzan AlNeel

Entrepreneurship as Resilience: Sudanese Women, Displacement, and the Remaking of Home in Exile

By Randa Hamza Ibrahim Gindeel and Ann Cathrin Corrales-Øverlid

An Economy of Pain: How Sudanese Are Building a House Away from Home

By Amar Jamal

Working from Homelessness: Informal Livelihoods of Displaced Women in Port Sudan

By Razaz Basheir.

“Be My Guest”: Trust as Economic Capital in Sudanese Displacement | African Arguments

By Abdelmageed Yahya and Mari Norbakk