Darfur's Sorrow

Darfurs Sorrow is the first general history of Darfur to be published in any language. The book surveys events from before the founding of the Fur sultanate in the sixteenth century through the rise and establishment of the Fur state and its incorporation into the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan in 1916. The narrative continues with detailed coverage of the brief but all-important colonial period (19161956) and Darfurs history as a neglected peripheral region since independence. The political economic environmental and social factors that gave rise to the current humanitarian crisis are discussed in detail as are the course of Darfurs rebellion its brutal suppression by the Sudanese government and the lawless brigands known as janjawid. The second edition of the book brings the story up to date and includes an analysis of attempts to save Darfurs embattled people and to bring an end to the fighting.