Politics
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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 ... -
When Justice and Judicial Proceedings Part Ways
Reading Adam Smith’s book now, after the intense debates around the ICC’s arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omer al-Bashir, provokes a deep sadness at ... -
What Does the Abyei Ruling Mean for the Missiriya?
Due to the Court of Arbitration decision in The Hague, around 1460 square kilometers which were inhabited by two clans of the Missiriya tribe ... -
Human Rights Reporting on Darfur: A Genre that Redefines Tragedy (3)
Human Rights Reporting as the First Draft of the Indictment Journalism has been described as the “first draft of history.” By the same token, ... -
Human Rights Reporting on Darfur: A Genre that Redefines Tragedy (2)
Activist and Apologist: Contrasts and Parallels This section uses techniques of textual and discourse analysis to examine two leading books on the Darfur crisis, ... -
Misconceptions I – The ICC and the Truth Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC)
The Kenyan Cabinet recently resolved to put forward the Truth, Justice and Reconciliation Commission (TJRC) as a way to address the post-election violence. In ... -
Kenya: A radical proposal to deal with our prejudices
The truth about the beliefs and perceptions of the majority of Kenyans is not to be found in erudite forums and debates such as ...