Our #PastAndPresent archive dip today spotlights writer Maryse Condé (11 February 1934 – 2 April 2024), as her work and legacy is threaded through our archive posts. Two ‘couplets’ of reference emerge, set into conversation with each other as they… Read More ›
River Spirit
Review and Q&A: Leila Aboulela’s ‘River Spirit’ – Rewriting the Footnotes of Sudanese Colonial History
AiW note: AiW editor Ellen Addis reviews Leila Aboulela’s novel, River Spirit (Saqi Books), a historical fiction narrative which takes place in 1880s Sudan and tracks the rise of the Mahdist Revolution. Accompanying the review today is Ellen’s Q&A with… Read More ›