Sudan: Voices, Advocacy and Cultural Memory with Yassmin Abdel- Magied

Part of Sounds Like Home Series by Sudafest: A Special Edition for Curious Minds festival

Sudafest proudly presents a special edition of Sounds Like Home, featuring acclaimed writer, broadcaster, engineer and social justice advocate Yassmin Abdel-Magied.

This event brings together leading Sudanese and diaspora voices for an evening of conversation, reflection and creative insight. At a time when Sudan faces unprecedented crisis and global attention remains limited, we gather to ask: How can diaspora communities use their platforms, storytelling and creativity to raise awareness, preserve culture and inspire change?

Through conversation, readings and audience engagement, the speakers will explore themes of home, loss, identity, resistance, joy, and the responsibilities we carry as creatives and community builders.

Known globally for her work on social justice, race, gender and Sudanese identity, Yassmin’s voice is one of the most influential in contemporary diaspora conversations. Her recent campaign Creatives4Sudan mobilised international solidarity across the arts sector.

Naomi Pendle — Researcher, University of Bath
A leading expert on Sudan and South Sudan with decades of ethnographic research experience. Naomi studies governance during crisis, patterns of violence and the lived realities of conflict.

Tasnim Abdelmagid — Writer, Academic & Postdoctoral Researcher
Born in Sudan and witness to the early days of the current conflict, Tasnim’s work centres on displacement, identity, post-conflict memory and the politics of storytelling.

A short live Sudanese musical performance to close the evening, nurturing connection and cultural celebration.

Students, researchers, artists, activists, Sudanese diaspora, Africans in the diaspora, humanitarian workers, and anyone interested in storytelling, global politics, decoloniality, or the arts as a tool for change.

A Sudafest programme celebrating global cultures through music, conversation and shared stories. Each edition spotlights a different country or community, creating space for connection, understanding and creative expression.

A Sudanese-led arts organisation based in Bath, and founders of the Bath Refugee Festival. Sudafest brings together culture, community and advocacy through events that celebrate heritage and amplify refugee and migrant voices.

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