Yearly Archives: 2009
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Darfur Debate Ends With More Questions Than Answers
In no less than 24 hours since the much anticipated Mamdani-Prendergast debate on Darfur at Columbia University on April 14, bloggers have run amok with all ... -
Reinvigorating the Struggle against Nuclear Weapons
President Obama has again stunned the world. In stark contrast to his predecessor he has once again demonstrated the political will to provide international leadership on ... -
South Kordofan: The Challenge Ahead
On April 14, Abdel-Aziz Adam al Hilu was installed as Deputy Governor of South Kordofan for the SPLM, replacing Daniel Kodi who was dismissed two months ... -
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 ...