Chronicles of Progress: Northern Sudanese Women in the Era of British Imperialism

Christianity in (South) Sudan: Historical backgrounds, contemporary contestations, and future directions

“…Connected to (but not restricted) to the genre of religious biography concerns the role of Christian women in Sudanese/South Sudanese politics. To be sure, there is a stream of Sudanese historiography that focuses on women's experiences (Abusharaf, 2002; Boddy, 2007; Sharkey, 2003c), and Lillian Harris's Keeping the faith: Travels with Sudanese women is included in the Paulines “Faith in Sudan” series. That text, however, was published in 1999 (Harris, 1999).…”

Love at the Time of Independence

“…Its irregular publication suggests that it might only have been published 12. As noted by Sharkey (2003), in 1956 one question monopolized the page: why did Sudanese men prefer foreign women to local women? It should be noted, however, that such marriages were extremely rare.…”

Response: Religion, Gender, and the Question of Nation

“…Thankfully, the last 20 years of Sudanese/South Sudanese historiography have witnessed a boom in studies exploring women's experiences in precolonial, colonial, and postcolonial Sudan. For example, there is Nada Mustafa Ali's work on Sudanese women's groups and gender in Sudanese exile politics; Clemence Pinaud's work on the girl's battalion in the Sudan Peoples' Military Movement/Army; Janice Boddy's iconic study of British "civilizing" practices on women during the Condominium era; and Heather Sharkey's own work on Northern Sudanese women during the colonial period (Sharkey 2003;Boddy 2007;Ali 2015Ali , 2019Pinaud 2015). However, the reality of such publications should not be read as a testament that Sudan Studies does not have room to grow regarding research and coverage of Sudanese women's history.…”