A coup, and a departure
A new blog post from me - a rare event nowadays; but this is heartfelt.
Omar el-Beshir, the dictator of Sudan since 1989, has fallen, the victim of a coup very similar to the one that brought him to power. For me this means more than it would to most non-Sudanese, as I was in Sudan at the time of his own coup, and my work there was brought to an end as a result of it. There is a feeling for me of history coming full circle at last.
About 18 months after the Beshir coup I wrote my own account of the day he seized power, and the weeks that followed. It eventually appeared as the last chapter of my book Even the Dead Are Coming, published in 2009. Here it is, mildly edited so that it can stand alone.
Best wishes to all Sudanese people, who I always found most gracious, generous, and civil; and I hope that they will find a peaceful path to whatever form of government they now want.
https://mikerobbinsnyc.blogspot.com/2...
Omar el-Beshir, the dictator of Sudan since 1989, has fallen, the victim of a coup very similar to the one that brought him to power. For me this means more than it would to most non-Sudanese, as I was in Sudan at the time of his own coup, and my work there was brought to an end as a result of it. There is a feeling for me of history coming full circle at last.
About 18 months after the Beshir coup I wrote my own account of the day he seized power, and the weeks that followed. It eventually appeared as the last chapter of my book Even the Dead Are Coming, published in 2009. Here it is, mildly edited so that it can stand alone.
Best wishes to all Sudanese people, who I always found most gracious, generous, and civil; and I hope that they will find a peaceful path to whatever form of government they now want.
https://mikerobbinsnyc.blogspot.com/2...
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