Synopses & Reviews
Since it sprang from obscurity to international headlines in 2004, the name "Darfur" has become synonymous with war, massacre, and humanitarian crisis. The crisis had, however, been brewing for far longer, its causes neglected by both scholars and Sudanese leaders.
War in Darfur and the Search for Peace is a series of essays by leading Sudanese and international specialists on Darfur, combining original research and analysis. The book provides in-depth analysis of the origins and dimensions of the conflict, including detailed accounts of the evolution of ethnic and religious identities, the breakdown of local administration, the emergence of Arab militia and resistance movements, and regional dimensions to the conflict.
The study also focuses on the search for peace, with contributions by those most closely engaged in local and international efforts to resolve the conflict. This includes documentation and analysis of the warring parties' ideologies and agendas and how they have changed in the course of the conflict, and examination of the efforts made by Sudanese civil and political leaders, the African Union, and other international actors to bring the war to an end.
About the Author
Alex de Waal is program director at the Social Science Research Council, a fellow of the Global Equity Initiative, Harvard University and a director of Justice Africa. He is author of Famine that Kills: Darfur, Sudan, 1984-1985 (Clarendon Press 1989) and co-author, with Julie Flint, of Darfur: A Short History of a Long War (Zed Books 2005).Julie Flint is a journalist with long experience of Sudan and the Middle East. She is the author of Darfur Destroyed, for Human Rights Watch, and is co-author, with Alex de Waal of Darfur: A Short History of A Long War (Zed Books, 2005).Ali Haggar is a senior researcher at the University of Omdurman who is active in the search for peace in Darfur.Musa Abdel Jalil is Professor of Social Anthropology and Head of the Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology at the University of Khartoum.Roland Marchal is senior research fellow at the CNRS, Centre d’Études et de Récherches Internationales, Paris.Adam Azzain Mohammed, is a former local government officer in Darfur and professor at the Institute for the Study of Public Administration and Federal Governance, University of Khartoum.Deborah Murphy is a recent graduate of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. She has worked for Africare, the State Department, and the World Resources Institute.Abdul-Jabbar Abdullah Fadul is a development specialist who has lived and worked in Darfur all his life. He has degrees from the University of Khartoum and East Anglia (UK). He headed Darfur's Agricultural Planning Unit and is senior lecturer in environmental sciences and natural resources at the University of al Fashir.Ahmed Kamal El-Din is a lawyer with degrees from the University of Khartoum and Leeds, U.K. He has many years experience as a leading journalist, public servant and political activist. Today he is an independent Islamist working in support of peace in Sudan.Ahmed A. Yousuf is a retired local government officer in the Sudan civil service and a former commissioner of Mellit, Northern Darfur. Rebecca Hamilton will complete a Juris Doctor from Harvard Law School and a Master in Public Policy from the John F. Kennedy School of Government jointly in 2007. She has worked with internally displaced populations
in Sudan and speaks throughout the United States about advocacy for Darfur.Chad Hazlett has a Master in Public Policy from Harvard University and is Field Officer and Advocacy Associate at the Genocide Intervention Network.Laurie Nathan is a research fellow in the Crisis States Research Centre at the London School of Economics and in the Department for Environmental and Geographical Sciences at the University of Cape Town (UCT). He was a member of the AU mediation team in Abuja.Victor Tanner is an adjunct member of faculty at the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), at Johns Hopkins University. He first lived and worked in Darfur in 1988 and has conducted research on aid programs and conflict dynamics there since 2002.Dawit Toga holds a PhD from Columbia University, and is political analyst in the Conflict Management Division at the African Union in charge of Sudan/Darfur. He participated at the North-South Naivasha Talks, which resulted in the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement between the Government of the Sudan and the SPLM/A and was also a member of the AU team at the Abuja Talks.Jérôme Tubiana is a doctor in African Studies of the Institut National des Langues et Civilisations Orientales (INALCO), in Paris. He has worked in Chad, Sudan and Niger as a researcher, journalist and photographer.
Table of Contents
1. Sudan: The Turbulent State
Alex de Waal 2. Native Administration and Local Governance in Darfur: Past and Future
Musa Abdul-Jalil, Adam Azzain Mohammed and Ahmed Yusuf 3. Darfur: A War for Land?
Jérôme Tubiana 4. Islam and Islamism in Darfur
Ahmed Kamal El-Din 5. The Origins and Organization of the Janjawiid in Darfur
Ali Haggar 6. Darfur's Armed Movements
Julie Flint 7. The Unseen Regional Implications of the Crisis in Darfur
Roland Marchal 8. The Comprehensive Peace Agreement and Darfur
Adam Azzain Mohammed 9. The African Union Mediation and the Abuja Peace Talks
Dawit Toga 10. The Making and Unmaking of the Darfur Peace Agreement
Laurie Nathan 11. Darfur's Deadline: The Final Days of the Abuja Peace Process
Alex de Waal 12. Darfur After Abuja: A View from the Ground
Abdul-Jabbar Fadul and Victor Tanner 13. Narrating Darfur: Darfur in the U.S. Press, March-September 2004
Deborah Murphy 14. Not on Our Watch: The Emergence of the American Movement for Darfur
Rebecca Hamilton and Chad Hazlett 15. Prospects for Peace in Darfur
Alex de Waal