Julie Flint

Darfur

A New History of a Long War

Buch

The humanitarian tragedy in Darfur has stirred politicians, Hollywood celebrities and students to appeal for a peaceful resolution to the crisis. Beyond the horrific pictures of sprawling refugee camps and lurid accounts of rape and murder lies a complex history steeped in religion, politics, and decades of internal unrest. Darfur traces the origins, organization and ideology of the infamous Janjawiid and other rebel groups, including the Sudan Liberation Army and the Justice and Equality Movement. It also analyzes the confused responses of the Sudanese government and African Union. This thoroughly updated edition also features a powerful ana… Mehr

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Produktdetails

Weitere Autoren: De Waal, Alex

ISBN: 978-1-84277-950-7
EAN: 9781842779507
Produktnummer: 3117259
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
Seitenangabe: 350 S.
Masse: H19.9 cm x B12.9 cm x D2.1 cm 392 g
Auflage: Revised and Updated Edition
Abbildungen: Black and white photographs; 22 Illustrations, unspecified
Gewicht: 392
Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)

Über den Autor

Alex de Waal is a writer and activist on African issues. He is a programme director at the Social Science Research Council, a fellow of the Harvard Humanitarian Initiative and a director of Justice Africa. His books include Famine that Kills: Darfur, Sudan (1989), Famine Crimes: Politics and the Disaster Relief Industry in Africa (1997), Islamism and Its Enemies in the Horn of Africa (2004) and Aids and Power: Why There is No Political Crisis - Yet (2006)Julie Flint is a journalist and film-maker. She divides her time between London and the Middle East. She has worked on from Colombia to China and has won several awards. She has been writing about Sudan since 1992, initially as Horn of Africa correspondent for The Guardian and later as a freelance with a special interest in human rights. Her work includes the BBC film Sudan's Secret War (1995) and The Scorched Earth (2000) and Darfur Destroyed (2004).