Short-Cut to Decay
Subtitle: The Case of the Sudan
Contributors: Sharif Harir (Editor); Terje Tvedt (Editor); Raphael K. Badal (Editor)
Publisher: Coronet Books
Published: December 1994
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9789171063465
Subjects: African history; Central government policies; Political economy; Sudan; East Africa - History; Contemporary Politics - Africa; Sociology; Economic conditions; Third World Development; 1973-; 1983-; Civil War, 1983-; Civil War, 1983-2005; Economic policy; History
First sentence: Sudan is referred to by many scholars as representing a "microcosm of Africa" (e.g. Abd Al-Rahim, 1985) and given its "intermediate" or "median" position (Hassan, 1985) in Africa of different cultural worlds (e.g. Arab Africa/African Africa, Muslim Africa/Christian Africa, Anglophone/Francophone Africa etc.), changes or developments occurring in the Sudan reflect or draw parallels from those happening in Africa in general.