To be or not to be : Sudan at crossroads : a Pan-African perspective : a black African nation undone by the ideology of Islamo-Arabism / M. Jalal Hashim.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hashim, M. Jalal, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Civilization--Arab influences.

Civilization.

Civilization--Islamic influences.

Sudan--Politics and government.

Sudan.

Sudan--History--1821-.

Sudan--Civilization--Islamic influences.

Sudan--Civilization--Arab influences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (viii, 159 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Dar es Salaam, Tanzania : Mkuki na Nyota, [2019]

Summary:

To be or not to be is an analysis of linguistic, cultural, political, economic and social factors, which explain the intricate root causes of conflicts which have ravished Sudan. It stands in stark contrast to the dominant simplification and distortions which have come to typify presentations of the region. Central to the book is an unapologetic explanation of Arabization; which often is portrayed as individual choices of religious loyalty, but, in fact, masks an intentional power-system which viciously corrupts Afrikan identities. By highlighting the detrimental complexities of manipulation, geopolitics, identity confusion and cultural imperialism, Hashim has not only written an authoritative book about Sudan, but also presented a comprehensive case study that all of Afrika must learn from. Rarely are we presented with such a vigourous inside-view to an area of Afrika which once was held in the highest civilizational esteem, but has been reduced to an ideological field of Arab-led terror, massacres and disintegration.

Contents:

The Arabization of the Sudan

Sudanese nationalism

The civil war and aftermath the margin against the centre

The true peace

Prosperity.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [150]-159).

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9789987083886

9987083889

OCLC:

1104067915