Tayeb Salih's Northern Migration Season explores the inherent violent nature of human beings through the scope of life in England and life in Sudan. Salih uses both experiences in a European country and a postcolonial country in his work as a means of rejecting a misconception of violence regarding the postcolonial world. Violence, despite being a physical effort of strength, is caused by something; whether it is violence in times of war or violence born of desire. Season of Migration to the North seems to focus primarily on violence that comes specifically from desire, a sexual desire. This sexual desire is produced by colonial influences, however, it is not culturally subjective as it is found in both England and Sudan. Salih addresses misogyny in Sudan based on tradition and cultural practices. There are two characters in particular who exemplify sexual violence and they are Mustafa Sa'eed and Wad Rayyes. Mustafa Sa'eed spent his early years in London attending university and during his time in London he experienced a sexually abusive and manipulative relationship with his first wife, Jean Morris. Their relationship was mostly about control and having control over the other. This quest for control was triggered by Sa'eed's pursuit of Jean Morris and his sexual desire for her as a partner. Wad Rayyes is a womanizer who stalks Sa'eed's wife after her death. When the village forces Hosna bint Mahmoud to marry Rayyes, he physically exerts his control over her and their relationship ends in death like Sa'eed's relationship with Jean Morris. Mustafa Sa'eed is a conqueror and a colonizer, instead of taking control of a place. , tried to take control of women based on his own pleasure and... middle of paper... the violence that is evident in Seasons of Migration to the North lies in the purpose of the act of violence being carried out. For Sa'eed, the relationship he had with Jean Morris was chaotic, dangerous and manipulative; they both use each other for their own selfish reasons. Sa'eed for the conquest of pleasure and Morris for freedom; freedom from social constraints. For Rayyes the sexual violence was based on his sexist views where his dominance over women and their oppression are directly linked to the notion of gender roles in their society. Colonialism is a disease; a disease that produces symptoms of sexual violence. Whether this violence is a means of freedom or a means of exercising domination, these effects of colonialism are not exclusive to countries considered postcolonial like Sudan, but rather the effects of colonialism are found everywhere.