...Salah M. Hassan This essay highlights the selective ways in which the conflict in Darfur has been presented, represented, and used by a range of actors in and outside of Sudan to promote their own agendas and interests. It draws attention to the urgency of apprehending the politics...

... that obtains in the embattled Sudanese region of Darfur, the intent here is to suggest that while the unsettler's origins (and political tendencies) are not easily distinguishable from those of his settler roots, the unsettler is a very particular instantiation of (state-sponsored) political violence...

... several books, including most recently Darfur and the Crisis of Governance in Sudan (Cor- nell University Press, 2009), coedited with Carina E. Ray. He has also 622 Notes on Contributors curated several international exhibitions, including Authentic/Ex-​Centric, the 49th Venice...

..., including most recently Darfur and the Crisis of Governance in Sudan (Cornell Univer- sity Press, 2009), coedited with Carina E. Ray. He has contributed essays to journals, anthologies, and exhibition catalogs of contemporary art. He has curated several international exhibitions such as Authentic/Ex...

... and stay at home, or be executed. As for the possibility of being moved to another jail somewhere in the country, veteran political prisoners used to warn us about Shala Prison in Darfur, western Sudan. They advised that if bad luck took us there one day, each one had to own a cat, tie its leg...

... quanda- ries. Today, if we applied his approach to understanding representations of the prolonged conflicts between the centralized state and Southern Sudan and the multisided conflict that continues in Darfur, we would attend to the yawning gaps among local, regional, and international...

... of a debilitating war between the North and the South and the bloody conflict in Darfur, which the United Nations con- sidered a crime against humanity.1 Sudan’s unre- solved conflicts have increased the likelihood...

..., or it can make you feel foolish, as when you must ask the Sudan- ese chef de mission whether the team will be wearing hats rather than asking questions about what is going on in Darfur. In conjunction with this process, researchers also need to provide back- ground information for the various pieces...

...: Black Women’s Studies South Atlantic Quarterly 108:3, Summer 2009 DOI 10.1215/00382876-2009-003  © 2009 Duke University Press 460  Joy James Introduction: At the Crossroads, Charging Genocide The genocide of Darfur...

... of American justice to address it may help explain the disaster that unfolded after Hurricane Katrina and why the United States has been so slow to respond to the geno- cide in Darfur, even after acknowledging the terrible consequences of its inaction in Rwanda. The intimate relation of the state...

...- ism, Lumumba is a reminder that the national bourgeoisie’s preparedness to play footsie with the West goes back many decades, that its willingness 584  Grant Farred to incarcerate, starve, and murder its own has a long and unsightly history. Darfur, whatever its complexities, whatever...

... detentions, and the harassment of journalists abound The HRW 2005 Report frames the globalization of the war on terror in the 44 Sharad Chari context of two central threats to international human rights today, namely ethnic cleansing in Darfur and torture in Abu Ghraib: the first, because...