ABSTRACT
Introduction The Nimeiri regime (1969-85) was the most outstanding era in the history of post-independence Sudan. Firstly, on account of its contradictions, it depicted both the narcosis and dementia that symptomized the political psychology of the Sudanese body politic. Secondly, the Nimeiri era would forever stand out as the most wasted opportunity to establish a lasting peace in the South.1 Rarely had a Sudanese leader since independence had a chance to be a national hero without borders, and thoroughly bungled it.
