The Sudan: Contested National Identities

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Indiana University Press, 1998 - Islam and politics - 299 pages

"This highly informative work digs into the intricate history of Sudanese politics. Lesch brings a welcome clarity to Sudan's tangle of political, ethnic, and religious problems by concentrating on the country's central dilemma: the inability of its leaders to negotiate a common definition of nationhood." --Foreign Affairs

"... the first correct account of what took place... after independence." --Robert O. Collins

The Sudan is torn by ethnic and religious conflict, centered on the struggle over the definition of the Sudanese nation-state. Is the Sudan primarily Arab or African by culture and ethnicity? Should the political system privilege Islamic legal codes or accord equal citizenship to persons of all faiths? Ann Mosely Lesch provides a comprehensive and even-handed analysis of the unresolved struggle for a stable political system and a unified national identity.

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Contents

The Problem of National Identity
3
Historical Legacies
25
The Contradictory Policies of Numairi 19691985
45
Copyright

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Abuja Addis Ababa African Ahmad Akol al-Hajj al-Mahdi al-Sadiq al-Mahdi Al-Sharq al-Awsat Al-Ubayyid Alier Ansar Anya-Nya April Arab armed forces army assembly August Bahr al-Ghazal Bashir Beja Beja Congress cease-fire charter civil commander committee constitutional conference Council coup cultural December declared delegation democracy democratic Dinka economic elections endorsed Equatoria ethnic February foreign Garang groups Human Rights IGADD Islamic law Islamist January John Garang July June Kerubino Khalid Khartoum University Koka Dam Kordofan leaders Machar Mansour Khalid March military Muhammad Muslim negotiations NIF's non-Muslims Nonetheless northern November Nuba Mountains Nuer Numairi October officers Omdurman radio parties peace policies political politicians president prime minister protests referendum regime regional religion religious Salih secession secular security forces self-determination September shari'a Southern Sudan SPLA SPLA radio SPLM SPLM's Sudanese Taha tion Turabi Umma unions unity Upper Nile

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About the author (1998)

Ann Mosely Lesch is Professor of Political Science at Villanova University, coauthor (with Mark Tessler) of Israel, Egypt, and the Palestinians, and principal author of Transition to Palestinian Self-Government: Practical Steps toward Israeli-Palestinian Peace.

Bibliographic information

TitleThe Sudan: Contested National Identities
Arab and Islamic Studies
Indiana series in Arab and Islamic studies
Indiana series in Middle East studies
AuthorAnn Mosely Lesch
Editionillustrated
PublisherIndiana University Press, 1998
Original fromIndiana University
Digitized5 Nov 2008
ISBN0253334322, 9780253334329
Length299 pages
  
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