African Arguments
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Towards an Anthropological Analysis of the Human Rights Worldview
In “˜Human Rights Reporting on Darfur: A Genre that Redefines Tragedy‘, posted on this blog on August 21-24, Jayne Blayton states that ‘human rights ... -
Adam Smith Responds to Naomi Roht-Arriaza
Professor Roht-Arriaza makes several characteristically insightful comments about After Genocide. They have spurred me to continue the conversation. The professor notes that international judicial ... -
The AU Panel Listens to Darfur
The AU Panel on Darfur has completed its fourth mission to Sudan, with the purpose of consulting a wide range of Darfurian and other ... -
No Single Way to Deal with Atrocities
Adam Smith’s book posits that international criminal tribunals, especially those of the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and Rwanda (ICTR), don’t actually do justice for the ... -
“After Genocide”: Continuing the Discussion
It is a rare treat for an author to be given the opportunity to continue the discussion about his or her book in the ... -
Al-Amud al-Akhdar: Strata of Conflict in Darfur’s Deep South
The establishment, development and destruction of the settlement of al-Amud al-Akhdar in Darfur’s deep south forest belt provides a microcosm of Sudan’s modernization projects ... -
From Human Rights Reporting to the Dominant Media Narrative of Darfur
To a considerable extent, crises in far-off lands are defined by foreigners and not by those living through them, which then creates a perceived ... -
From Mamdani to Mbeki: Radically Reconfiguring the Darfur Story in Theory and Practice (3)
III. The Mbeki Mission and the Way Forward Mamdani is right on target in his criticism of the Save Darfur tendency to offer simplistic ... -
From Mamdani to Mbeki: Radically Reconfiguring the Darfur Story in Theory and Practice (2)
II. The State, War and Sudanese Identity Mamdani has in fact written not one book, but several. His attack on the enthusiastic but misinformed ... -
From Mamdani to Mbeki: Radically Reconfiguring the Darfur Story in Theory and Practice (1)
I. Recolonisation without Responsibility As many commentators have already pointed out, Mahmood Mamdani’s recent book, Saviors and Survivors has almost single-handedly shifted the debate ...