Author: Alex de Waal
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Vernacular Politics in Africa (5)
This is the final installment of a five part critical review of Jean-Franí§ois Bayart, The State in Africa: The Politics of the Belly (2009). Bayart’s thesis ... -
Vernacular Politics in Africa (4)
This is the fourth in a five part review of Jean-Franí§ois Bayart’s The State in Africa: The Politics of the Belly. In this part, I address ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ... -
“Save Darfur” Isn’t the Anti-Apartheid Movement
The Save Darfur campaign has been compared in size and impact to the Anti-Apartheid movement. Certainly there are comparisons. But South Africa was fortunate that the ... -
HIV/AIDS and Sudan’s Transitions
Today, the report of the AIDS, Security and Conflict Initiative is launched. Almost ten years after the UN Security Council first discussed HIV/AIDS as a threat ... -
Sudan’s Neglected 2010 Centenaries
During 2010, two important centenaries in the history of Sudanese nationalism occur””dates when armies from Darfur resisted colonial occupation. But, these anniversaries have never been commemorated ... -
Violent Deaths in Darfur: August
Based on all the incidents reported by UNAMID, UN agencies, NGOs and the authorities that interact with all of the above, the level and pattern of ...