African Arguments
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Darfur: Capacity Restored, Memory Deleted
US Senator John Kerry reports that due to Khartoum’s decision to “engage in a new dialogue with us, some of that capacity for humanitarian ... -
Mamdani and the Uses of Darfur
I can’t comment on Mahmood Mamdani without first confessing to my bias. I’m a fan. His Citizen and Subject is a signal book in ... -
Darfur Debate Ends With More Questions Than Answers
In no less than 24 hours since the much anticipated Mamdani-Prendergast debate on Darfur at Columbia University on April 14, bloggers have run amok ... -
Reinvigorating the Struggle against Nuclear Weapons
President Obama has again stunned the world. In stark contrast to his predecessor he has once again demonstrated the political will to provide international ... -
South Kordofan: The Challenge Ahead
On April 14, Abdel-Aziz Adam al Hilu was installed as Deputy Governor of South Kordofan for the SPLM, replacing Daniel Kodi who was dismissed ... -
Civilizing Projects, Tribal Administration and the Color Khaki
When Mohamed al Dabi, retired general, was sent as Presidential Representative to Geneina in January 1999 he insisted that he be allowed to don ... -
British Administration in Darfur
A review posted separately of Mahmood Mamdani’s Saviors and Survivors is long enough without further comment on two positions that, however, misapprehend or exaggerate ... -
Sudan’s Election’s Arithmetic
By looking at the results of the last two democratic elections in Sudan, we can use them to predict the outcome of the forthcoming ... -
Mamdani’s thesis Undermined by Factual Inaccuracies – Professor and Provocateur
Saviors and Survivors by Mahmood Mamdani is a book that reads as having been written by two different authors. Let’s called them, Mamdani the ... -
Mamdani Contra Mundum
Someday – if this has not been done already – someone will add up the number of works on Darfur published since, say, 2003 ...