Social Sciences E-Books Online, Collection 2008

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• Manichaean Delirium

  • Type: E-Book
  • Author: A.A. Ibrahim
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  • The book uses the concept of the “Manichaean” geography of the colony, popularized by Fanon, to account for the virulent Islamic renewal in Sudan. In focusing on the Sudan judiciary, characterized by an unrelenting rift between its civil and Sharia divisions, the book examines the various forces that sought to profit from these Manichaean resources.

• Movers and Shakers

  • Type: E-Book
  • Author: Stephen Ellis
  • Editors Stephen Ellis; Ineke Kessel
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  • This collection of empirical and theoretical studies of social movements in Africa is a corrective to a literature that has largely ignored that continent. It shows that Africa’s social movements have distinctive features that are related to its specific history.