Salah Ahmed Ibrahim

Salah Ahmed Ibrahim (Arabic: صلاح أحمد إبراهيم; December 1933 – May 1993), was a Sudanese literary writer, poet and diplomat.

He is considered one of the most important Sudanese poets of the first generation after the country's independence, marking the transition from literary romanticism to social realism.

[1] His sister Fatima Ahmed Ibrahim was a leading parliamentarian and a campaigner for women's rights.

Further, Ibrahim was called "an outspoken campaigner against oppression and injustice and a strong voice in support of human rights and national aspirations".

In the same article, Babikir published excerpts of Ibrahim's poems dealing with questions of identity, racism and political suppression in English translation.