Sudan›s Cultural Influence in Africa: Tools, Influence and Future

Abstract:
 Many studies have focused on monitoring the cultural impact of Sudan and the Sudanese on the African continent and Africans in general. The book (Four Sudanese Influences on the Thought of Malcolm X) of Dr. Muhammad Wakiullah, handled the pivotal Sudanese impact on one of the most influential Muslim name among the African Americans, Malcolm X, or Haj Malek Shahbaz– the name he has chosen later for himself after being influenced by his Sudanese friend Prof. Malek Badry, may Allah mercy his soul. The study of Dr. and Ambassador Abdul Hadi Al-Siddiq (Sudan and Africanism) also dealt with the cultural influence of the prominent Sudanese intellectual “Aldous Muhammad Ali” - whose ancestors descend from the famous “Doussa” family in Darfur - on “Marcus Garvey”, one of the pioneers of the pan-African movement “Pan Africanism”. Some studies also dealt with the biography of Imam “Sati Majid” in the United States of America, and other   studies monitored the biography of Sheikh “Surkati” in East Asia.
 This study deals with the subject of Sudan’s cultural influence  in Africa, and seeks to investigate its type, size, and tools, and anticipates its future, in three axes, with the aim of presenting models of Sudan’s scientific and cultural influence in Africa. The first axis is an introductory entrance to the concept of culture. The second axis deals with the cultural impact of the Sudanese person on Africans. While the third axis is devoted to the experience of Sudanese institutions in Africa, through two institutions, the first is the International University of Africa, and the second is the Islamic Dawa Organization.