Politics
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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 ... -
Did “Save Darfur” Lose Darfur?
William Easterly‘s blog, Aid Watch, posted an endorsement of Mahmood Mamdani’s book today: I have long been a fan of Mahmood Mamdani. His new ... -
Mamdani’s Darfur “Activism”
A number of reviewers seem to be impressed by the research Mahmood Mamdani has done in producing his tendentious Saviors and Survivors. Perhaps if ... -
Darfur: Understanding the Political Identity of Saviors
Alex de Waal will likely prove right over the controversy that will surround Mahmood Mamdani’s reframing of the conflict in Darfur. Particularly from the ...