Darfur's Sorrow: The Forgotten History of a Humanitarian Disaster / Edition 2

by M. W. Daly

Overview

Darfur’s Sorrow is the first general history of Darfur to be published in any language. The book surveys events from before the founding of the Fur sultanate in the sixteenth century through the rise and establishment of the Fur state and its incorporation into the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan in 1916. The narrative continues with detailed coverage of the brief but all-important colonial period (1916–1956) and Darfur’s history as a neglected peripheral region since independence. The political, economic, environmental, and social factors that gave rise to the current humanitarian crisis are discussed in detail, as are the course of Darfur’s rebellion, its brutal suppression by the Sudanese government, and the lawless brigands known as janjawid. The second edition of the book brings the story up to date and includes an analysis of attempts to save Darfur’s embattled people and to bring an end to the fighting.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780521131872
Publisher:	Cambridge University Press
Publication date:	05/24/2010
Edition description:	Second Edition
Pages:	398
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.60(d)

About the Author

M. W. Daly has published widely on the history of the Sudan and has received many honors and awards, including fellowships from the universities of Durham, Khartoum, and Tel Aviv, as well as residencies at Oxford, Durham, the Woodrow Wilson Center (Washington, DC), and elsewhere. He is also the recipient of the John Frederick Lewis Award of the American Philosophical Society.

Table of Contents

List of Figures xi

Preface to the Second Edition xiii

Acknowledgments xv

Chronology of Events xvii

Maps xxi

1 The "Abode of the Blacks" 1

2 Lords of Mountain and Savanna: The Origins and History of the Fur State to 1874 15

3 The Ends of the Turkish World 39

4 Darfur at the End of Time: The Mahdiyya, 1885-1898 60

5 Between an Anvil and a Hammer: The Reign of Ali Dinar, 1898-1916 87

6 "Closed District": Anglo-Egyptian Colonial Rule in Darfur, 1916-1939 115

7 Unequal Struggles, 1939-1955 144

8 Colonial Legacies and Sudanese Rule, 1956-1969 177

9 Darfur and "The May Regime," 1969-1985 201

10 Third Time Unlucky: Darfur and the Restoration of Parliamentary Rule 234

11 The State of Jihad 247

12 The Destruction of Darfur 269

Glossary 315

Abbreviations in the Bibliography and Notes 319

Notes 321

Bibliography 347

Index 355