The Sudan Handbook

Contents

List of Maps, Figures & Tables 5

Notes on Contributors 7

Acknowledgements 13

Glossary 15

1. Introduction: Many Sudans 27
   John RylE & Justin Willis


2. Land & Water 40
   Justin Willis, omER EGEmi & PhiliP WintER


3. Early States on the Nile 58
   a bd ElRahman ali mohammEd & dERE k W Elsby


4. Peoples & Cultures of Two Sudans 70
   John RylE


5. Religious Practice & Belief 88
   WEndy JamEs


6. The Ambitions of the State 106
   Justin Willis


7. From the Country to the Town 120
   munzoul a.m. assal


8. From Slaves to Oil 130
   lauRa JamEs


9. Sudan’s Fragile State, 1956–1989 149
   PEtER WoodWaRd


10. Islamism & the State 164
    abdEl salam sidahmEd


11. Traditional Authority, Local Government & Justice 185
    ChERRy lEonaRdi & musa abdul Jalil

The Sudan Handbook, edited by John Ryle, Justin Willis, Suliman Baldo and Jok Madut Jok. © 2011 Rift Valley Institute and contributors

(www.riftvalley.net).