02866nam 2200529 450 991081260830332120200520144314.09987-08-388-9(CKB)4100000008152557(MiAaPQ)EBC5762899(OCoLC)1104067915(MdBmJHUP)muse75703(Au-PeEL)EBL5762899(OCoLC)1099972501(PPN)238418537(EXLCZ)99410000000815255720190517d2019 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierTo be or not to be Sudan at crossroads : a Pan-African perspective : a black African nation undone by the ideology of Islamo-Arabism /M. Jalal HashimDar es Salaam, Tanzania :Mkuki na Nyota,[2019]©20191 online resource (viii, 159 pages)9987-08-376-5 Includes bibliographical references (pages [150]-159).The Arabization of the Sudan -- Sudanese nationalism -- The civil war and aftermath the margin against the centre -- The true peace -- Prosperity.To be or not to be is an analysis of linguistic, cultural, political, economic and social factors, which explain the intricate root causes of conflicts which have ravished Sudan. It stands in stark contrast to the dominant simplification and distortions which have come to typify presentations of the region. Central to the book is an unapologetic explanation of Arabization; which often is portrayed as individual choices of religious loyalty, but, in fact, masks an intentional power-system which viciously corrupts Afrikan identities. By highlighting the detrimental complexities of manipulation, geopolitics, identity confusion and cultural imperialism, Hashim has not only written an authoritative book about Sudan, but also presented a comprehensive case study that all of Afrika must learn from. Rarely are we presented with such a vigourous inside-view to an area of Afrika which once was held in the highest civilizational esteem, but has been reduced to an ideological field of Arab-led terror, massacres and disintegration.CivilizationArab influencesCivilizationIslamic influencesSudanPolitics and governmentSudanHistory1821-SudanCivilizationIslamic influencesSudanCivilizationArab influencesCivilizationArab influences.CivilizationIslamic influences.320.962404Hashim M. Jalal1620574MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910812608303321To be or not to be3953424UNINA