Season of Migration to the North is a story set in Sudan with focus on the effects of colonialism on the country in addition to the means it has failed to improve life in many cases, a primary example throughout the book being the oppressions toward women. The books is shrouded in mystery, the primary motives of the protagonist being to discover the secrets of the unusual new face in his village of Mustafa Sa’eed. The greatest mystery, however, is that of the identity of the protagonist. Salih chooses to leave his narrator unnamed raising many a question regarding the narrator, however this also allows the narrator to become a voice of truth, describing the world as it really is and allowing for Salih’s critique of colonialism and gender violence in its true form, untainted by a male-bias from the protagonist.