Kandaka — The Sudan Knowledge Platform

Named for the Kandakas — the warrior queens of ancient Nubia — this site brings their spirit of clarity and resolve to today's questions about Sudan. Articles and analysis on the country's economy and development, alongside reflections on its past, culture, and the people who shape its future.

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A Century of Agricultural Investment in Sudan: Why Has Development Failed?

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Sudan's invisible children - born in war with no legal identity

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‘Unbearable hardship’ in Sudan — Displaced people in Kordofan eat animal feed to avert …

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Sudan in Images

Granite statuette of kneeling Pharaoh Sobekhotep V sacrificing wine; found in Kerma, Sudan; 13th Dyn
Granite statuette of kneeling Pharaoh Sobekhotep V sacrificing wine; found in Kerma, Sudan; 13th Dyn © Wikimedia Commons — CC0
Zakotvený parník Kordofan
Zakotvený parník Kordofan © Europeana — CC BY 4.0

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Mesolithic Site Formation and Palaeoenvironment along the White Nile

Grace Gershuny; Deborah, L. Martin

Geoarchaeological study of Mesolithic sites along the White Nile documenting ancient climate and human …

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Nubia in the New Kingdom: Lived Experience

Michaela Riva Gaaserud

Study of daily life, identity, and cultural exchange among Nubian communities during Egyptian New Kingdom …

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Paleolithic Man and the Nile-Faiyum Divide in Nubia and Upper Egypt: A Study of the Region during Pliocene and Pleistocene Times

K. S. Sandford and W. J. Arkell

A 1933 geological and prehistoric survey (Oriental Institute Publication 17) of Paleolithic-era human …

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