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This book-part memoir, part political statement-examines the
influence of the author's maternal and paternal ancestry on his
life. Delving into the rich history of Francis Mading Deng's
heritage, Blood of Two Streams acts as a bridge to cross-cultural
understanding and multidisciplinary connection between the
personal, the communal, and the universal.
Sudanese Intellectuals in the Global Milieu: Capturing Cultural
Capital propels Sudanese intellectuals into the global intellectual
milieu and argues for their place in world intellectual history.
The contributors posit that Sudan is currently in its most
uncertain and perhaps most generative period, as the unrest,
conflicts, and upheavals of the twentieth and twenty-first
centuries threw Sudanese intellectuals and activists into identity,
economic, environmental, religious, and existential crises. Despite
these crises, the unrest has created a period of knowledge
production and cultural production in Sudan. The contributors to
the collection are Sudanese intellectuals who explore the history
and evolution of knowledge production, thought, and cultural
capital in Sudan.
In this brief but comprehensive book, Francis Deng offers a
creative analysis of the situation, aimed at addressing, and
hopefully resolving, the complex dilemmas confronting Sudan,
Africa, and the international community over the critical choice
the South will make in January 2011--unity or secession.
This book is a powerful statement by an individual who is deeply
concerned about the plight of his people and the destiny of his
country, a man who, in many ways, symbolizes the lofty aspirations
for unity in which diversity is seen as a source of enrichment and
not of destructive conflict, a unity of full equality among all its
citizens.
Sudan at the Brink is a must-read for all those concerned with
developments in Sudan at this critical juncture in the history of
the country. Whatever decision the Sudanese make in the January
2011 referendum, it is imperative that it be an informed choice
carefully weighing the implications of secession versus unity.
These profound options will likely be debated in the United Nations
General Assembly. They will also be carefully considered in
multiple other forums where the future of humanitarian action,
peacekeeping, and development are considered.
Since its independence on January 1, 1956, Sudan has been at war
with itself. Through the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) of
2005, the North-South dimension of the conflict was seemingly
resolved by the independence of the South on July 9, 2011. However,
as a result of issues that were not resolved by the CPA, conflicts
within the two countries have reignited conflict between them
because of allegations of support for each other's rebels. In Bound
by Conflict: Dilemmas of the Two Sudans, Francis M. Deng and Daniel
J. Deng critique the tendency to see these conflicts as separate
and to seek isolated solutions for them, when, in fact, they are
closely intertwined. The policy implication is that resolving
conflicts within the two Sudans is critical to the prospects of
achieving peace, security, and stability between them, with the
potential of moving them to some form of meaningful association.
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