(Un)doing Resistance: Authoritarianism and Attacks on the Arts in Sudan's 30 Years of Islamist Rule

In April 2019, when millions marched to the headquarters of the military in Khartoum and other cities and the march was transformed into a sit-in that continued for two months, the sit-in became Sudan's largest arts festival. The art produced during the revolution went viral, as it was covered by foreign journalists who swarmed Khartoum to report on the revolution.

However, the narrative was always lacking the historical significance of how art was mobilized. Sudan's contemporary art history...