Dear reader, this new issue of African Studies magazine contains twenty-four articles. The articles have been arranged thematically based on subject. The articles are topped by Dr. Jaafar Mirghani's article on the Quran and orthography, an article that opens a field of study into Semitic languages and their connection to the Ethiopian language, within the framework of the Holy Quran. The articles then move to another section, the Sudanese issue, between the archaeological and historical perspective and the future perspective related to the developments of the Sudanese issue at the dawn of the third millennium, ending with an article measuring Sudanese consciousness within the framework of African ideology. Then follow articles on Arab culture in West Africa, represented in Chad, and in East Africa, represented in Ethiopia. The magazine also includes two articles diagnosing the biographies of two African personalities who contributed deeply to shaping African consciousness and identity. As for the first personality, it is the Moroccan Sufi jurist Ahmed bin Idris. It is enough that he was the teacher of Sheikh Muhammad Ali Al-Senussi and his Senussi school, and Sheikh Muhammad Uthman Al-Mirghani and his Khatmiyya order, in addition to the Salhiyya order in Somalia and the Rashidiyya in North Sudan. As for the other personality, it is the controversial Senegalese historian Cheikh Anta Diop, who passed away in 1986. Then there are articles on Islam and its impact on Sudanese-Egyptian relations, and cultural formation in West Africa. There is also coverage of the cultural movement in West Africa in general. This time, the magazine also sought to present the biography of a contemporary African scholar who spent his life cataloging and verifying the noble Sunnah books, and that is Sheikh Muhammad Fuad Abdul Baqi, in addition to other topics on the Sudanese issue and African issues. The section of articles written in English also includes a contribution by Dr. Nasser Al-Sayed on the issue of the development of education in South Sudan, and undoubtedly the educational mood