Originally published by Africa Is A Country · Eglal Hamid. Read the full story →
Often in war, language is twisted and used to change meaning, to dehumanize, to invent enemies, and to justify atrocities. Darfur, 2007. Image © Kursat Bayhan via Shutterstock.com In one of Sudan’s largest agricultural regions, where vast fields sustain millions of livelihoods, a woman we will call Samira took on a role she had never planned for. As state institutions receded and everyday systems began to falter, the work of keeping life going did not disappear—it shifted. Samira became part of