![]() ![]() Negotiations for Sudanese independence had not addressed whether a federal or a unitary government would run the country. It was not long before these hopes were dashed. Initially there was much hope that Sudan would use the infrastructure developed by their European occupiers to turn their nations into prosperous, democratic havens for their long-oppressed citizens. ![]() The 1950s and 1960s saw many African countries achieve independence, some through bloody revolutions, and others through peaceful diplomacy. The novel is heavily influenced by the tumultuous politics of the period. Tayeb Salih published Season of Migration to the North in 1966, ten years after Sudan received its independence from the British empire on January 1, 1956. ![]()
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