Explaining Darfur: Lectures on the Ongoing Genocide

by Agnes van Ardenne, Mohamed Salih, Nick Grono

Despite serious pressure from the United Nations, public statements of outrage from the United States, and international horror at genocidal acts, the war in Darfur, Sudan, continues unabated—and with very little actual international intervention. Many in the West still have only a very limited understanding of either the conflict or the forces driving it.


Explaining Darfur provides essential resources for understanding the conflict in Darfur, from the historical background to an analysis of the present situation. It also proposes several nonviolent ways of solving the crisis, from the democratization of the Sudan to reconciliation negotiations between tribes at all levels to dramatically expanding the operational capacity of the peacekeeping troops supplied by the African Union. Initiated by the Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies, this will be the definitive study of the ongoing Darfur conflict and its possible solutions.

64 pages, Paperback

First published May 15, 2007

Reviews

[Eden · Rating 4 out of 5]

I found the third essay to be very insightful and helpful in understanding more of the deep rooted problems. The final essay seems to really suffer from translation errors. This book is a basic look into Darfur. Because the essays are written in first person, I found it easy to read with a critical eye rather than blind acceptance.