African Arguments
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Darfur: Moral Discourses of the NIF in the 1990s
Karin Willemse’s analysis of the quotidian lives of a small group of adult women in Kebkabiya during the early 1990s raises many questions. Since ... -
West Sudan: Biographic Narratives of Working Women of Kebkabiya – Towards a New Methodology
Karin Willemse’s One Foot in Heaven: Narratives on Gender and Islam in Darfur, West-Sudan is a highly theoretical, complex, 547-page long book by a ... -
Small-Town Darfur in an Age of Government-Sponsored “Civilization”
A review of Karin Willemse, One Foot in Heaven: Narratives on Gender and Islam in Darfur, West-Sudan (Leiden: Brill, 2007). “Women started making tea ... -
Darfur: Gender, Islamism and the Crises
For social science research in Darfur, the 1990s were a black hole. After Darfur’s descent into violence at the end of the 1980s, and ... -
Thabo Mbeki: “Talking to the Enemy”
The speech by former South African President Thabo Mbeki at the Al Jazeera Forum in Doha, Qatar, is published on the African Arguments website. ... -
The Heidelberg Darfur Dialogue Outcome Document
Since 2008, representatives of all political forces in Darfur, including representatives of civil society, have engaged in a dialogue addressing the root causes of ... -
National Assembly Results for Sudan’s 2010 Elections: An Analysis
The results of the presidential elections in Sudan came as no surprise to many. When they were announced, most shrugged their shoulders, sharpened their ... -
Thabo Mbeki: "Talking to the Enemy: the South African Experience"
Yesterday, former South African president Thabo Mbeki addressed the Fifth Al Jazeera Annual Forum in Doha, Qatar. He described and analysed in detail the ... -
Preparedness Support: Helping Brace Beneficiaries, Local Staff and Partners for Violence
Preparedness Support: Helping Brace Beneficiaries, Local Staff and Partners for Violence is a new report under the auspices of the Cuny Center Humanitarian aid ... -
Two Sudans: Nationalism, Self-Determination and Democracy
I have found the exchanges between Khalid al Nur and Abd al-Wahab Abdalla illuminating, both in terms of the current state of political discourse ...