Fifty shades of black in Sudan

Exploring Sudan's rich diversity of skin tones and cultural identities

Originally published on Global Voices

Woman with henna-painted hands in Sudan, February 11, 2005. Photo by Steve Evans on Flickr (CC BY 2.0.)

This article was written by Weam Al-Bashir and was originally published on Raseef22 on March 19, 2024. An edited version is republished on Global Voices as part of a content-sharing agreement.

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