Leila Aboulela
A Review of Leila Aboulela’s River Spirit | Victoria Aderinto
It is our inclination to need, want, desire deeply, desperately for something, someone to believe- in truth or bearing a similarity to truth, whatever truth might be. Leila Aboulela’s River Spirit (2023) transports us to a pivotal period in Sudanese history, 1881-1898, the turbulent years of the Mahdist Revolution, where truth was a fiercely contested…