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Inspiration amidst revolution from Sudan’s Kingdom of Kush<\/em>, \u00a0National Geographic, Feb. 2022<\/span><\/p>\n

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As we’ve often noted, there’s so much going on in the world, that important stories are missed all the time.<\/p>\n

It’s also an era of less attention focus capacity (or willingness) and more cognitive chaos than perhaps ever.<\/p>\n

There are still excellent journalistic outlets and reports, although the deficit in this area with replacement by entertainment over issues continues a pace.<\/p>\n

History is a critical aspect of understanding who we are and what is happening at the moment. In this post we visit the history of a civilization unknown to most–in Sudan–and the impact in the context today of crimes against humanity, revolution, coups and continued protest for democracy and economic and social justice.<\/p>\n

Its a story that’s told in the current issue of National Geographic Magazine, with riveting text and incredible photography–some with images going back 3,500 years.<\/p>\n

Here it is:<\/p>\n

“Facing an uncertain future, Sudan is drawing strength from its ancient past”<\/a>,\u00a0BY\u00a0<\/span>KRISTIN ROMEY,\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span>PHOTOGRAPHS BY\u00a0<\/span>NICHOLE SOBECKI, February\u00a02022 issue of National Geographic\u00a0<\/i>magazine.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Amid a revolution and subsequent coup, the country\u2019s youth find inspiration in one of Africa\u2019s great civilizations: the little-known kingdom of Kush.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Ahmed Ibrahim Alkhair (at far left), wrapped in the first flag of independent Sudan, and Awab Osman Aliabdo, with the current flag, take in the view from Jabal Barkal. Sudan\u2019s 2019 revolution ousted its Islamist dictator and stirred hopes for democratic rule. But after a military coup last fall, the nation now teeters between the possibility of peace and the threat of more violence.<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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On a Monday morning<\/b> in late October of last year, Sudan\u2019s latest revolution was crumbling. It had been just two and a half years since the 30-year Islamist dictatorship of Omar al Bashir fell in April 2019. The nation\u2019s military-civilian Sovereign Council was steering away from the legacy of the accused war criminal and three dark decades of repression, genocide, international sanctions, and the secession of South Sudan.But around noon on October 25, 2021, just weeks ahead of a planned transition to civilian control, the future of the African nation took another turn. The chair of the Sovereign Council, Lt. Gen. Abdel Fattah al Burhan, dissolved the government<\/a> and put the civilian prime minister under house arrest. (The prime minister has since resigned,<\/a> leaving the country without civilian leadership.) The general called it a state of emergency, but the Sudanese people recognized it as a coup and turned out by the hundreds of thousands to protest in the country\u2019s capital, Khartoum, and beyond.<\/div>\n<\/section>\n
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