Saviours and survivors
Subtitle: Darfur, politics and the war on terror
By: Mahmood Mamdani
Publisher: Malthouse Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Lagos, Nigeria
Language: eng
Number of pages: 270
ISBN-13: 9789788422143
Subjects: History; Politics and government; Ethnic relations
Description: Examines the crisis in the Darfur region of Sudan in the context of the country's turbulent history, including the Cold War's effect on neighboring Chad's civil war, and how that violence spilled over in Sudan, exacerbating the already severe problems caused by Sudan's tribal conflicts.
Notes: Cover title.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [247]-262) and index.

Includes bibliographical references, [select bibliographies].
Table of contents: title: Pt. I. The Save Darfur movement and the global War on Terror. Globalizing Darfur ; The politics of the movement to save Darfur; title: Pt. II. Darfur in context. Writing race into history ; Sudan and the Sultanate of Dar Fur ; A colonial map of race and tribe : making settlers and natives ; Building nation and state in independent Sudan ; The Cold War and its aftermath; title: Pt. III. Rethinking the Darfur crisis. Civil war, rebellion, and repression; title: Conclusion: Responsibility to protect or right to punish?