Monthly Archives: April 2009
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Civilizing Projects, Tribal Administration and the Color Khaki
When Mohamed al Dabi, retired general, was sent as Presidential Representative to Geneina in January 1999 he insisted that he be allowed to don his army ... -
British Administration in Darfur
A review posted separately of Mahmood Mamdani’s Saviors and Survivors is long enough without further comment on two positions that, however, misapprehend or exaggerate the role ... -
Sudan’s Election’s Arithmetic
By looking at the results of the last two democratic elections in Sudan, we can use them to predict the outcome of the forthcoming election next ... -
Mamdani’s thesis Undermined by Factual Inaccuracies – Professor and Provocateur
Saviors and Survivors by Mahmood Mamdani is a book that reads as having been written by two different authors. Let’s called them, Mamdani the Professor, and ... -
Mamdani Contra Mundum
Someday – if this has not been done already – someone will add up the number of works on Darfur published since, say, 2003 and compare ... -
Did “Save Darfur” Lose Darfur?
William Easterly‘s blog, Aid Watch, posted an endorsement of Mahmood Mamdani’s book today: I have long been a fan of Mahmood Mamdani. His new book Saviors ... -
Mamdani’s Darfur “Activism”
A number of reviewers seem to be impressed by the research Mahmood Mamdani has done in producing his tendentious Saviors and Survivors. Perhaps if more were ... -
Darfur: Understanding the Political Identity of Saviors
Alex de Waal will likely prove right over the controversy that will surround Mahmood Mamdani’s reframing of the conflict in Darfur. Particularly from the perspective of ... -
Mamdani: The Conversation We Are Not Having
The conversation we are not having on Mahmood Mamdani’s Saviours and Survivors concerns public activism. Much of Mahmood Mamdani’s Saviours and Survivors presents a complex yet ... -
Saviors and Survivors
Mahmood Mamdani’s Saviors and Survivors: Darfur, Politics, and the War on Terror, is the most ambitious book yet on the Darfur crisis. Unlike the vast majority ...