Thank you so much Zareena 🙏🏾

Thank you to @rmglade.bsky.social for encouraging me to look into a letter the then governor of Darfur, Ahmed Diraige, wrote to the Nimeiri regime in November of 1983, warning of a looming famine...

I am so honored that the artwork provided for my essay is by the Sudanese icon and artist Ibrahim El Salahi.

And historical and political analysis by myself, Alex de Waal, Hamid Ali, Ahmad Sikainga and Hassan Musa, along with forward-looking essays by Alden Young and Lynda Iroulo.

With personal essays, memoir, and short fiction by Rogaia Abusharaf, Jamal Mahjoub, Fatin Abbas, Ahmed Abdel Al, Wagas Elsadig, Suzi Mirghani, and David Mikhail. Poetry by Mohammad al-Fayturi, Lameese Badr, Nadaa Hussein, and Safia Elhillo.