Car trouble delayed my friend and I in Chicago. Thankfully, her brother and his wife were very gracious about letting us stay with them longer than originally planned. Thanks, Stacey and Sal!
We made it to Michigan on July 17, in plenty of time to attend the Concert of Colors on July 19. I’d come across this event while planning my trip to Michigan. It was exciting to me that there would be Sudanese artists singing for peace. I attended the event with three friends that I’d worked with in Sudan.I am returning to Sudan, but my friends left Sudan over a year ago. The concert evoked a certain degree of wistfulness as we were each transported back to Sudan by our experience of the music of Sudan.
The Concert of Colors showcased performances from all regions of the world. We stopped to watch some Japanese taiko performers as we left the concert grounds, and headed for the appropriately named Blue Nile restaurant. (For those of you who don’t know, the Blue Nile originates in Ethiopia and the White Nile in Uganda. The two Niles meet in Khartoum.)
Eating at the Blue Nile evoked further memories as the Ethiopian restaurant, Habesha, was one of our favorite restaurants in Khartoum. This naturally directed our conversation towards discussions of life in Sudan and the American school there.
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