Sudan's modern history has been consumed by revolution and civil war. The country attracted international attention in the 1990s as a breeding ground of Islamist terrorism and recently tensions ...

In fact, some cultural traditions established at Kerma endured throughout the history of Kush—and much longer. Modern Nubians in Sudan still bury their dead on wooden funeral beds in the same ...

Delving into the history of Sudan, which I have done for more than three decades, reveals that the country suffers from a ...

The ‘Damascus Events’ of 1860 are a warning of how societies can collapse into violence — and also an example of how they can ...

Although none of the states of the western Sudan controlled territories in the area that is modern Ghana ... of Asante was to have the most cohesive history and would exercise the greatest ...

Located in the desert sands near the Nile in modern Sudan, the ancient culture of Nubia ... destroying their statues and stelae to erase their names from history. A small chapel tomb (ca 13th ...

The hyper-arid desert of Eastern Sudan, the Atbai Desert, seems like an unlikely place to find evidence of ancient cattle ...

“The teach-in sought to educate attendees on the history of the modern Sudan, contextualize the war and genocide in Sudan, and connect our understanding of the political and socioeconomic ...

The accusation that Israel is committing genocide and chants of “Genocide Joe” against Biden evoke the Medieval Jewish blood libel in the eyes of writer Frida Ghitis.

Quibbles about the Yoruba notwithstanding, readers of this magnificent book will find a huge cast of African greats worthy of ...