African Arguments
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Fast for Darfur?
As an American citizen, it is breathtakingly embarrassing to read of such ill-conceived ideas, and the widespread support that they enjoy in the United ... -
“Save Darfur”: Fast the Eid!
America’s Darfur campaign sometimes goes beyond parody. The last few weeks have shown this to the full, beginning with the fantastical “Sudan Now” campaign ... -
Context be damned: reactions against Saviors and Survivors from the R2P camp
As an eighth-grader learning about American slavery, I had a fantasy. I imagined that some elite Marines and I could outfit ourselves in the ... -
Adam Smith Responds to Daniel Agundo
Daniel Agundo’s commentary about After Genocide is thought provoking. He is correct in emphasizing that processes towards international development, especially those developments that seek ... -
Two Steps Forward, One Step Back
In his provocative book, After Genocide: Bringing the Devil to Justice, Adam Smith makes a slightly barbed remark to the effect that international justice ... -
Neither Truth Commissions nor Domestic Justice are Straightforward
Neither truth commissions nor domestic trials are as black and white as Professor Heller’s critique of my comments seems to argue. First, Professor Heller ... -
Leashing Kenya’s Dogs of War: A Theoretical Assessment
From the standpoint of constitutional law, the handing over of the Waki envelope to the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) represents the ... -
On the Reactionary Nature of Sudanese Provincial “Revolutions” – Liberating the Bantustans?
The critique of inequality and monopolization of power in Sudan follows both geographical and class dimensions. The central provinces are vastly richer and better ... -
President Mbeki on the A.U. Panel’s Approach to Darfur
Last week, President Thabo Mbeki, Chairman of the African Union Panel on Darfur, addressed a press conference in Khartoum. What follows below is a ... -
Lessons from Al-Biruni: “The Character of the Reporters”
In writing Saviors and Survivors Mahmood Mamdani has painstakingly removed the activist smokescreen that has clouded and confused the tragedy of Darfur. His book ...