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The January Children

Safia Elhillo

In her dedication Safia Elhillo writes, “The January Children are the generation born in Sudan under British occupation, where children were assigned birth years by height, all given the birth date January 1.” What follows is a deeply ...

The January Children

Safia Elhillo

abdelhalim hafez asks who the sudanese are The title of this poem refers to a quote from the book A Poisomous Thorn in Our Hearts by James Copnall: “The National Question of who the Sudanese are—Arabs? Africans? Muslims? People of ...

Race, Gender and Educational Desire: Why black women succeed ...

Heidi Safia Mirza

Lynn Savery points to thesignificant impact feminist campaigning groups have hadon changing the behaviour of the state withregardto women'srights. She explains, 'advocates strugglingfor change atthe domestic level needtobe awarethat ...