In this episode, fellow Samah Fawzi reflects on Sudanese-Chadian relations and postcolonial border formation. Fawzi interviews Ismail Bishr, a Chadian student at the International University of Africa Faculty of Medicine, in Khartoum, Sudan, and Mohamed Babiker, a researcher and social activist, on their thoughts, insights, and real life experiences.

Books, Links, & Articles

• Samah Fawzi, Non-Resident Fellow
• Borders and Borderlands as Resources in The Horn of Africa by Dereje Feyissa (editor, contributor), Markus Vigil Hoehne (editor), Markus Virgil Hoehne  (editor), Cedric Barnes (contributor), Christopher Clapham (contributor)
• The Roots of Violence: A History of War in Chad (War and Society) by M. J. Azevedo
• “Protest Against Inflation Lands Uganda Opposition Leader in Jail” by Fred Ojambo
• Youth and Revolution in Tunisia by Alcinda Honwana
• “South Africa’s Resilient Democracy” by Evan Lieberman and Rorisang Lekalake
• “How Autocrats Weaponize Women’s Rights” by Elin Bjarnegård and Pär Zetterberg
• This Week in Africa Newsletter