Darfur Allegory marries the analytical precision of a committed anthropologist with an insiders view of Sudanese politics at home and in the diaspora, laying bare the power of words to heal or perpetuate civil conflict.
In one of the first books devoted to the experience of Sudanese immigrants and exiles in the United States, Rogaia Mustafa Abusharaf places her community into context, showing its increasing historical and political significance.