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Mr. Izzadine Abdul Rasoul’s Various Writing Styles
I was truly fascinated by Izzadine Abdul Rasoul’s article “Janjaweeds in US State Department“ published in the Sudan Tribune on October 25, 2009. Mr. Abdul Rasoul ... -
Sudan in 2012: Asking New Questions
The scenario exercises by Clingendael and USIP are extremely useful, both in the possible futures that they pose, and in the questions they oblige us to ... -
Lethal Violence in Darfur: September
The UNAMID monitoring data for violent fatalities in Darfur recorded a sharp increase in September. The usual caveats apply to the figures: they are based upon ... -
Pres. Mbeki’s Speech on Handing Over the AU Panel Report
SPEECH OF THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE AUPD, THABO MBEKI, ON HANDING OVER THE AUPD REPORT TO THE CHAIRPERSON OF THE AU COMMISSION, JEAN PING: AU HEADQUARTERS, ... -
Vernacular Politics in Africa (4)
This is the fourth in a five part review of Jean-Franí§ois Bayart’s The State in Africa: The Politics of the Belly. In this part, I address ... -
Vernacular Politics in Africa (3)
This is part three of a five part expansive critical review of Jean-Franí§ois Bayart, The State in Africa: The Politics of the Belly (2009), focusing on ... -
Vernacular Politics in Africa (2)
This is part two of a five part critical review of Jean-Franí§ois Bayart, The State in Africa: The Politics of the Belly (2009), analyzing and applying ... -
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 moral imperative ... -
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 international response ... -
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 on Darfur ...