The Darfur Sultanate: A History

by R.S. O'Fahey

This text presents an analytical narrative of Darfur, from the beginnings of its recorded history to the present. Three themes dominate: Darfur's complex history and its equally complex ethnic and ecological issues. The various phases of Darfur's history are given appropriate weight, under the sultans (c. 1650-1916), under the British (1916-56) and since independence (1956). An understanding of all three periods is the key to an understanding of the...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019932655X
• ISBN13: 9780199326556
• Release Date: May 2008
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.8" x 8.8"