Darfur's Sorrow

by M.W. Daly

Book Overview

Darfur's Sorrow is the first general history of Darfur to be published in any language. The book surveys events from before the founding of the Fur sultanate in the sixteenth century through the rise and establishment of the Fur state and its incorporation into the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan in 1916. The narrative continues with detailed coverage of the brief but all-important colonial period (1916-1956) and Darfur's history as a neglected peripheral region...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521191742
• ISBN13: 9780521191746
• Release Date: May 2010
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 398 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.0"