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Land, Governance, Conflict and the Nuba of Sudan
Guma Kunda Komey
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Description for Land, Governance, Conflict and the Nuba of Sudan
Hardback.
The conflict in the Nuba Mountains in central Sudan illustrates how state policies concerning the control of land can cause local conflicts to escalate into large scale wars, which become increasingly difficult to manage or resolve. The conventional perspective on Sudan's recent civil war (1983-2005) - one of the longest and most complex conflicts in Africa - emphasises ethnicity as the main cause. This study, on the contrary, identifies the land factor as aroot cause that is central to understanding Sudan's local conflicts and large-scale wars. Land rights are about relationships between and among persons, pertaining ... Read more
The conflict in the Nuba Mountains in central Sudan illustrates how state policies concerning the control of land can cause local conflicts to escalate into large scale wars, which become increasingly difficult to manage or resolve. The conventional perspective on Sudan's recent civil war (1983-2005) - one of the longest and most complex conflicts in Africa - emphasises ethnicity as the main cause. This study, on the contrary, identifies the land factor as aroot cause that is central to understanding Sudan's local conflicts and large-scale wars. Land rights are about relationships between and among persons, pertaining ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
James Currey United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847010261
SKU
V9781847010261
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Ref
99-16
Reviews for Land, Governance, Conflict and the Nuba of Sudan
The book represents a strong effort to place land, property, and territory at the centre of analysis of Sudan's social and political conflicts.
JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE
Can claim to be the most comprehensive modern account available of the region. [...] It stands as an authoritative testimony to the political history, basic human integrity, and current ... Read more
JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL ANTHROPOLOGICAL INSTITUTE
Can claim to be the most comprehensive modern account available of the region. [...] It stands as an authoritative testimony to the political history, basic human integrity, and current ... Read more