Table of Contents

Preface 1. The People of Darfur Dor Village A History of Statehood and Ethnicity Islam in Darfur Becoming Sudanese 2. The Government of Sudan 3. The Janjawiid Musa Hilal, A Big Sheikh Roots of the Northern Janjawiid The Death of the Old Order The Arab Gathering The Masalit War: 'The beginning of the organization of the Janjawiid' From Aamo to Misteriha 4. The Rebels The Fur Resistance The Zaghawa Link When Did the Insurrection Begin? Looking for Friends Search for a Cohesive Leadership The Justice and Equality Movement From The Black Book to Guerrilla Operations 5. The War 6. Endgame Forward to the Past The UN and the Genocide Question Bibliography Index

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This volume offers a clear explanation of the complicated political and human rights crisis in Darfur.

About the Author

Julie Flint is an award-winning journalist and film-maker. She has been writing about Sudan since 1992, initially for the Guardian and later as a freelance. Her work includes, The Scorched Earth (Christian Aid 2000) and Darfur Destroyed (Human Rights Watch 2004). Alex de Waal is a writer and activist on African issues, and a director of Justice Africa. His books include Islamism and Its Enemies in the Horn of Africa (Hurst, 2004).

Reviews

Flint and de Waal have produced an extremely useful and readable summary of the background to the war, using testimony from interviews with people directly involved...good value for money.
*Bob Wood, Labour Left Briefing*

The book is a masterpiece.
*David Kilgour, Independent MP for Edmonton, Mill Woods, Beaumont*

The best introduction is 'Darfur: A Short History of a Long War' by Julie Flint and Alex de Waal. Both writers are intimately familiar with Darfur - Ms Flint reportedly came close to getting herself killed there when travelling with rebels in 2004 - and their accounts are as readable as they are tragic
*Nicholas D. Kristof, The New York Review of Books*

Flint and de Waal explicitly seek to narrate Darfur's history on its own terms...and their account is especially strong on the local dynamics of the conflict. They provide a wealth of information about Darfuri politics and history, including biographical accounts of rebel and militia leaders, as well as nuanced discussions of political lineages and movements in the region.
*Perspectives on Politics*

Flint and de Waal provide a clear and well-written overview, based on first-hand contacts and observations.
*Rene Wadlow, Transnational Perspectives*

…a very clear-sighted account…the book I would give first to anyone wanting to become acquainted with the crisis in Darfur.
*Rex Sean O’Fahey, African Affairs*

....carries the message to the reader much more effectively than any turgid encyclopaedic compilation of facts. For the general and the well-informed readers this short history is a very good beginning.
*Robert O. Collins, University of California Santa Barbara*

Fast-moving, insightful, elaborate and intriguing...for anyone who wants to understand the politics of Sudan, the history of the suffering peoples and the possible solutions, this is the right book.
*The Monitor*