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Mahmood Mamdani

Mahmood Mamdani is Herbert Lehman Professor of Government and Director, Institute of African Studies, at University of Columbia, New York. Please send comments to [email protected].

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Commentary

How Can We Name the Darfur Crisis: Some Preliminary Thoughts

By Mahmood Mamdani

This article originally appeared in Pambazuka News, an information service for social justice in Africa. How can we name the Darfur crisis? The US Congress, and now Secretary of State Colin Powell, claim that genocide has occurred in Darfur. The European Union says it is not genocide. And so does the African Union. Nigerian President…

This article originally appeared in Pambazuka News, an information service for social justice in Africa. How can we name the Darfur crisis? The US Congress, and…

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