SOWTI - Voices of Sudanese Women
Ellen Ismail und Maureen Makki
Tabaldi Verlag (vm. Verlag Dr. Ellen Ismail-Schmidt)
First Published: June 2011
ISBN 978-3-9801259-4-9
Price 24,00 Euro plus postage
In this rare piece of historical documentation, Sudanese women speak with great openness about their experiences of womanhood in Sudan, including their varied attitudes to issues such as female circumcision, marriage and polygamy, religion, education, and their visions of the future.
The book is based on about thiry years of research and documentation by the authors and conversations with Sudanese women from a range of social backgrounds and ages. It paints a fascinating and complex portrait of Sudanese culture told through the words of women. Alongside narratives, the book includes background analysis of women's status and key concerns for women and girls in the Sudan.
Dr. Ellen Ismail is a writer and gender specialist with a PhD in Cultural Anthropology from the University of Cologne. She married Sudanese ethnomusicologist Mahi Ismail 1957, and moved to Sudan 1960. She lived the first three years in Bakht Er-Ruda before relocating with her family to the Sudanese capital Khartoum where she lived until 1990. Ellen Ismail has worked as lecturer at the University Khartoum and as consultant for national and international development organisations concentrating on projects addressing the needs and rights of Sudanese women and children. She currently works on voluntary basis in the Sudan specialising on women’s issues. Ellen Ismail has written and published several books on Sudanese culture.
Maureen Makki married in Juba in 1961 and moved around the Sudan for the next few years, while her husband was working for the government. Finally they moved to Khartoum where she lived until 1989. Maureen worked for Khartoum University Press as English Editor and later ran a publishing unit in the Graduate College. While in Sudan Maureen had 4 children and took a degree at Khartoum University. Her later career concentrated on working with NGO's, specializing in the Horn of Africa. She goes back to the Sudan on a regular basis.
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