SocieTech. The Genocide Myth. In his latest book, Mamdani attacks the Save Darfur Coalition as ahistorical and dishonest, and argues that the conflict in Darfur is more about land, power, and the environment than it is directly about race.
“The Save Darfur movement claims to have learned from Rwanda,” writes Mahmood Mamdani in his new book, Saviors and Survivors: Darfur, Politics, and the War on Terror . “But what is the lesson of Rwanda? For many of those mobilized to save Darfur, the lesson is to rescue before it is too late, to act before seeking to understand.” His book is an argument “against those who substitute moral certainty for knowledge, and who feel virtuous even when acting on the basis of total ignorance.”
Gunmen Kill 11, Wound 4 in Attacks in Sudan’s Darfur (Update1) - There Will Be Blood. _Back in his native Sudan for the first time in years, the author observes the capital’s newfound oil wealth and argues that focusing narrowly on Darfur while ignoring the secessionist South could spell big trouble for all of Sudan._ At the old Sudan Railways crossing, which once defined the outer edge of the city of Khartoum, a new set of lights had slowed traffic to a crawl.
A little girl weaved between rows of idling vehicles, pushing her sister in a wheelchair. Study - Darfur in the Media - From Crisis to Context (PDF)