Book
Darfur: a new history of a long war
Zed Books ; Distributed in the USA exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan • London • Published In 2008 • Pages: xiv, 320
By: Flint, Julie, De Waal, Alex.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
This book is a history of the many causes and consequences of civil war in Darfur. When the crisis started in the late 1990s, the main protagonists appeared to be the central government of Sudan that imposed pro-Arab Islamic Laws nationwide, and a coalition of ethnically-based insurgent movements that sought to end racial and religious discrimination against Darfur’s many indigenous black African communities. Over the years, however, the number of warring factions increased as splinter groups emerged within some of the insurgent groups and pro-government Arab militias. A great deal of the book is devoted to critically examining many controversial topics, such as the origins of the warring factions, how combatants fought and comported themselves during a number of battles, human casualties and the plight of civilians in both government and insurgency controlled areas, and the unexpected (and often disappointing) outcomes of intervention by foreign powers, including the United Nations and the African Union. The discussion draws on rich information from both written sources and interviews with civilians, combatants, politicians, and supporters of all warring parties.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Cultural identity and pride
- Inter-community relations
- Inter-ethnic relations
- Tillage
- Annual cycle
- Land use
- Military organization
- Political movements
- Political parties
- Instigation of war
- Warfare
- Aftermath of combat
- Peacemaking
- External relations
- Political intrigue
- Administrative agencies
- Public welfare
- Strategy
- Tactics
- Wartime adjustments
- Status, role, and prestige
- Localized kin groups
- Lineages
- Ingroup antagonisms
- cultureCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Fur
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Africa
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Eastern Africa
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- Book
- Evaluation
- Creator TypesThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Journalist
- Filmmaker
- Anthropologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Teferi Abate Adem; 2020
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 2002-2007
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 1995-2007
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Darfur region, Sudan
- NotesAdditional notes
- Julie Flint and Alex De Waal
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 307-310) and index
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 2008276137
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Sudan--History--Civil War, 1983-2005
- Sudan--History--Darfur Conflict, 2003-
- Darfur (Sudan)--History