The Archive was founded in 1957 to collect and preserve the papers of administrators and others who had served or lived in the Sudan during the Anglo-Egyptian Condominium. It includes a substantial quantity of papers relating to Egypt, Arabia, Palestine, Transjordan, Syria and African states bordering on the Sudan. See also, the Sudan. Net Home Page for a new weekly music feature.
Membership is open to scholars, teachers, students, and others with interest in the Sudan.
The Association exists primarily to promote Sudanese studies and scholarship. It maintains a cooperative relationship with the Institute of African and Asian Studies, University of Khartoum. SSA works to foster closer ties among scholars in the Sudan, North America, Europe, the Middle East and other places.