A Line in the River: Khartoum, City of Memory

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‘A travelogue and memoir to rank alongside anything by Chatwin or Thubron’ Jim Crace ‘A most absorbing and rewarding book’ Michael Palin A moving portrait, part history, part memoir, of Sudan – once the largest, most diverse country in Africa – and its self-destruction. In 1956, Sudan gained Independence from Britain. On the point of a promising future, it as an alternative descended into civil war and conflict, including the crisis in Darfur that has claimed hundreds of thousands of lives and driven many more from their homes. When the 1989 coup brought a hard-line Islamist regime to power, Jamal Mahjoub’s circle of relatives were among those who fled. Almost twenty years later, he returned to a country On the point of rupture. Rediscovering the city in which his formative years were spent, Mahjoub encounters people and places he left at the back of. The capital incorporates the important thing to understanding Sudan’s divided, contradictory nature and even as exploring Khartoum’s present – its changing identity and shifting moods, its rich elite and neglected poor – Mahjoub also delves into the country’s troubled history, one turbulent with the rivalry between Christians and Muslims. His seek for answers evolves into a thoughtful meditation at the meaning of identity, both personal and national. A Line in the River combines lyrical and evocative memoir with a nuanced exploration of a country’s complex history, politics and religion. The result is both captivating and revelatory.

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