Resistance in Memory: Visions of Sudan is a group photography exhibition presenting 42 works by 12 emerging Sudanese photographers, including six still residing in Sudan. Structured chronologically across nine thematic axes, the exhibition charts the arc from the 2019 revolution through the ongoing war, exile, displacement, and enduring hope, offering intimate and urgent visual narratives from the Sudanese struggle.

Dubbed ‘The Forgotten Crisis’ by TIME magazine, the conflict in Sudan is considered one of the largest humanitarian crises known to date. The lives claimed by mass casualty incidents and famine are manifold, the number of those displaced in the millions—and yet, much of the world turns a blind eye to the devastation and injustice.

Resistance in Memory: Visions of Sudan examines the memory of an ever-changing Sudan and the strength and resilience of its people who refuse to be forgotten or defined by those beyond its borders. The photographs draw from the enduring memory of 2019, when men and women took to the streets seeking revolution, only to have it thwarted by warlords in a continuous coup d’état. It also draws from the memory of families forced to make the painful choice of who leaves in exile and who stays to wait for peace. Deep within these remembrances, a dialogue develops. Between past and present, between generations, and the hope of those displaced again and again.

The Africa Center’s presentation of Resistance in Memory is curated and edited by Edith Arance, Director, Galería Sura, in collaboration with Evelyn Owen, Associate Director, Curatorial Projects, The Africa Center, with new texts by Dalia Elhassan.

Exhibition production by Photoville.