Sudan: The Land And the People

by Timothy Carney, Victoria Butler, Michael Freeman

"Sudan: The Land and the People is the first illustrated book to depict the whole of the country. In text and images, this volume not only illuminates the difficulties confronting Sudanese but also highlights the enormous and often overlooked economic and human potential of the country." "In a trio of essays, authors Timothy Carney and Victoria Butler focus on Sudan's history, land, and people. The authors clearly recount the country's more recent past, putting Sudan's modern conflicts in historical context. A chapter on the physical landscape draws attention to the dominant influence of the Nile River on Sudanese peoples, culture, and economy. A final essay explores the rich blend of African and Arab peoples and cultures that give Sudanese society its great diversity as well as its turbulence." Bringing all of Sudan to life are the images of photographer Michael Freeman, who traveled the length and breadth of the country over a period of two years. His photographs illustrate a grand, vast geography from savannahs and swamps to rocky hills and desert. He visited all the major towns in every region and some villages that no Westerner had seen in decades.

Genres: Africa

336 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2005

Reviews

[Wendelle]

A great photography color book that manifests in full color the might, majesty, and extraordinariness of the rich culture, long history, and varied landscape of Sudan. It also provides a brief overview of the history of Sudan: stretching all the way back from the Paleolithic, to chiefdoms in the Neolithic; the Kerma culture of the Bronze Age; the kingdom of Kush, then the Kingdom of Meroe; interactions with ancient Egypt: the Christian kingdoms of Nobadia, Makuria and Alodia; their downfall and fragmentation to be succeeded by the Funj and Darfur sultanates; the rise of Muhammad Ali Pasha and his extension and subjugation of Sudanese through a slave trade; the Anglo-Egyptian convention of 1880 that finally put a stop to Egypt's slave trade of Sudanese; the British policy decision to curtail investment into the education and government bureaucracy training of Sudanese, to subdue their nationalist aspirations; Sudanese independence and the instability of a government prone to military coups and infighting between north and south.

[Ayen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Sudanese approved! 👍🏿