Κυριακή 24 Μαρτίου 2019

The Greeks of Sudan in the late 1900s

The Greeks of Sudan in the late 1900s

(Excerpt from the book ‘The Greek community in Sudan’)

Due to the construction fever that Khartoum experienced between 1899 and 1902, thousands of workers arrived in the capital of Sudan. Most of them were of Greek origin. Gradually, more Greeks settled in the city making the Greek community the largest among the Europeans of the Sudanese capital.