Darfur

by Lucian Niemeyer

Book Overview

Darfur, located in westernmost Sudan, is that nation's largest region, situated on the border with Chad. For centuries, northern Sudan has been predominantly Arab Muslim and the south, black African. Ruled as a colonial state by, primarily, Egypt and Britain, Sudan was granted independence in 1956 with Khartoum, in the northern Arab Muslim territory, as its seat of power.

In 1983, the Sudanese government announced that all of Sudan would...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826346197
• ISBN13: 9780826346193
• Release Date: May 2009
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 2.13 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 12.3" x 9.2"