The benefits of at least two Sudans

bibliographic database
Line

Book

Title:	The benefits of at least two Sudans
Author:	Yongo-Bure, B.
Year:	1994
Pages:	5
Language:	English
City of publisher:	Toronto
Publisher:	African Studies Association
Geographic terms:	Sudan South Sudan
Subject:	civil wars
Abstract:	Since Sudan became independent in 1956, 28 years have been spent fighting some of the bloodiest wars in the world. The basic causes of the conflict in Sudan are Islamic bigotry and Arab chauvinism. The ruling Arab/Islamic elites have used all the State machinery and external relations to establish their hegemony over the majority of the population, who are non-Arab. They believe in de-Africanizing the indigenous population and converting them into some kind of Arabs. The greatest resistance to Arab chauvinism and Islamic bigotry in Sudan has been from the South where the population cherish their indigenous cultures and want to participate as equals in the affairs of the country. Under the circumstances and given the fact that most of the fighting in Sudan has been concentrated in the South and in the southern parts of northern Sudan, the only solution left is the partition of the country into at least two, that is North and South.