what is Sudanese literature?

One writer jumps to the foreground, Tayeb Salih. But the history of the Sudanese literature is of course much more complicated and has deep roots in precolonial times. In fact, it would be more appropriate to speak about various Sudanese literatures, even before (and independently) of the political secession of North and South Sudan. There is Arab-speaking literature (where Tayeb Salih distinguished himself, but there are also other authors, such as Tarek al-Tayyeb, Amir Tag el-Sir), as well as English-speaking literature (with Leila Aboulela, Jamal Mahjoub). Also local languages have their own literary history, especially Beja (famous for the specificity of its poetry) and Dinka (Makwei Mabioor Deng).

I have read

Tayeb Salih, Mawsim al-Hijra ilash-Shamal
Tayeb Salih, ​Urs al-Zayn

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