Yearly Archives: 2009
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The Vilification of the Sudanese People
In various conflicts and disputes around the world the U.S. has all ways been careful to distinguish between the people and their government, the people all ... -
Vernacular Politics in Africa (3)
This is part three of a five part expansive critical review of Jean-Franí§ois Bayart, The State in Africa: The Politics of the Belly (2009), focusing on ... -
Imagining the 2010 Sudanese Election
The National Democratic Institute has just released its latest report on public opinion in Sudan. Entitled Imagining the Election, the report explores what citizens in Southern ... -
Good Evidence for Good News
I would like to address Jeff Howell’s comments, posted on September 28, 2009 to Annette Jansen’s posting: “Drawn by Disasters: Why the Human Rights Movement Struggles ... -
Gration in Context
Bec Hamilton has run a series of posts on her blog based on her recent trip to Darfur with U.S. Special Envoy General Scott Gration. They ... -
Vernacular Politics in Africa (2)
This is part two of a five part critical review of Jean-Franí§ois Bayart, The State in Africa: The Politics of the Belly (2009), analyzing and applying ... -
When truth-seeking efforts face challenges of credibility
When Prof. Makau Mutua suggested that the Liberian Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) may have lessons for Kenya, he focused on the robust recommendations of the ... -
Vernacular Politics in Africa (1)
The republication of Jean-Franí§ois Bayart’s classic book-length essay, The State in Africa: The Politics of the Belly, is an opportunity to reflect on the hypotheses he ... -
Sudanese Politics of Rage, Politics of Change
Sudan needs its version of the anti-Apartheid movement, one that can combine both the anguished moral outcry against mass atrocities, and also a practical political programme ... -
Sudan: No Peace With a Hostile U.S.
Are there any hopes for a Sudan peace brokered by the U.S? A focus on the historically hostile trio of Sudan: Susan Rice, Roger Winter, and ...