Cover -- Half-Title -- TItle -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- Chapter 1: The National Islamic Front and the Immediate Causes of Conflict in Darfur -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 The Sudan: African microcosm or Arab malaise -- 1.3 The post-colonial state: the broader context -- 1.4 The post-colonial state: theory and method -- Chapter 2: Beyond Mainstream Representations of the Conflict in Darfur: Bringing the State Back In -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Genocide, the War on Terror and the framing of the Darfur conflict -- 2.3 Conceptualising the conflict in Darfur -- 2.4 Post-colonialism and the context of international politics -- Chapter 3: The Rise and Demise of the Keira Sultanate and the Formation of Sudan -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.2 Darfur: the land and its people -- 3.3 The Keira Sultanate: at 'the crossroads of Africa' -- 3.4 Islam and the Keira Sultanate: assimilation and integration in Darfur through Islamisation -- 3.5 The expansion of the Keira Sultanate: slave-trading and state-building -- 3.6 Trade and power: the pre-colonial economy of Darfur -- 3.7 The decline and conquest of the Keira Sultanate -- 3.8 The Turko-Egyptian occupation, 1874-98 -- 3.9 The defeat of the Turko-Egyptian regime: the Mahdiyya in Darfur -- 3.10 The restitution of the Sultanate under 'Ali Dinar and the British conquest of the Sultanate -- 3.11 The final stand of the last Keira Sultan -- 3.12 Conclusion -- Chapter 4: The Construction of the Colonial State in Sudan: Tribalism, Regionalism and Race in Colonial Sudan -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 The formation of the Anglo-Egyptian Condominium -- 4.3 Sudan: Anglo- Egyptian relations in action -- 4.4 Indirect rule and the 'thin white line' of the British administration in Sudan.

4.5 Native administration, tribalism and the construction of ethnic identity in Darfur -- 4.6 The British policy of segregating Darfur -- 4.7 Colonial racial ideology in Sudan -- 4.8 Colonial religious policy and the consolidation of Mahdism in western Sudan -- 4.9 Economic policy during the Anglo-Egyptian Condominium: Gezira and not much more in 60 years -- 4.10 Conclusion: the colonial legacy in Darfur and Sudan -- Chapter 5: The Failure of Sudanese Post-Colonial Politics, 1956-69: Change in Darfur and the Struggle for Inclusion -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 The transition from colonial to post-colonial rule: Sudanese nationalism and Anglo-Egyptian influence -- 5.3 Independent Sudan: towards political and economic crisis -- 5.4 Arab-African identities at independence -- 5.5 The post-colonial politics of centre vs periphery -- 5.6 Regional disparities in Sudan: Darfur's marginalisation -- 5.7 Khartoum-Darfur dynamics, 1956-69 -- 5.8 Conclusion -- Chapter 6: The Collapse of the Sudanese State in Darfur: A Prelude to War? -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Dismantling the colonial state? Native Administration and land tenure reform -- 6.3 Nimeiri's state-building programme: breadbasket to basket-case -- 6.4 The demise of national unity: regionalisation and re-ethnicisation in Darfur -- 6.5 The disintegration of the Sudanese economy -- 6.6 Sudan and the war with Chad -- 6.7 Libya in Darfur: the abrogation of responsibility by the Sudanese state -- 6.8 The legacy of the Libyan presence in Darfur -- 6.9 Conclusion -- Chapter 7: The NIF and Darfur: The Islamist State Project and the Revolt of Darfur -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 War by proxy in Sudan: the militarisation of Sudanese society -- 7.3 The rise of "radical" political Islam in Sudan: the NIF in power.

7.4 Continuing economic crisis in Sudan: international political economy of a pariah state -- 7.5 Almashrou Alhadari Al-Islami (the Islamic Project for Renewal): power and repression in Sudan -- 7.6 NIF repression in the peripheries: sowing the seeds of war in Darfur -- 7.7 The fracturing of the NIF- Is Darfur a front in the inter-party conflict? -- 7.8 Conclusion -- Chapter 8: Conclusion: The Crisis of the Post-colonial State -- 8.1 Does Darfur have a future in Sudan? -- 8.2 What can be learnt from the conflict for Darfur? -- Glossary of Arabic Terms -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index.