ABSTRACT

First published in 2007. The Kenana Handbook of Sudan is an authoritative and definitive book on Africa's largest country that captures and depicts all aspects of Sudan from its roots in ancient Nubia to its modem petroleum economy, current development under a stable and progressive political environment, and immense future possibilities. The Handbook provides a more complete and up-to-date account of Sudan than has ever been published before.

part I

Prehistory

chapter 1|16 pages

Sudan, Land of Cultures

The Prehistoric Period, (100000 – 3500 BCE)

chapter 2|22 pages

Wadi Howar

Climate Change and Human Occupation in the Sudanese Desert During the Past 11,000 Years

part II|58 pages

Archaeology

chapter 4|24 pages

The State and the Plains

History and Culture of the Nubian–Sudanese Nile Valley in Antiquity

chapter 5|8 pages

The Ancient Eastern Desert Dwellers

A Sixth-Century Tribe and Its Pottery

part III|98 pages

History

chapter 7|10 pages

Three Empires on the Nile

Ismael Pasha, General Gordon, the Mahdi and Lord Kitchener

chapter 8|12 pages

The Shaping of Modern Sudan

The Ottoman-Turkish Empire and the Republic of Sudan

chapter 10|26 pages

Life Under the Anglo-Egyptian Mandate in Historical Photographs

The Sudan Archive, University of Durham

chapter 11|6 pages

Sudan Railways

A Retrospective

chapter 12|8 pages

The Long Road to Independence

Historical Landmarks in the Condominium Period and the Colonial Role in the Creation of two Sudans, 1898–1956

part IV|24 pages

Pilgrims and Traders

chapter 13|6 pages

Suakin

Red Sea Province

chapter 15|10 pages

The Island of Suakin

The History*

part V|64 pages

The Environment, Flora and Fauna

chapter 16|16 pages

The Republic of Sudan

An Environmental Overview

chapter 19|10 pages

Where Have All the Animals Gone?

The Fate of Large Mammals in the South

part VII|130 pages

The Arts and Literature of Sudan

part VIII|218 pages

The Economy, Industry, and Doing Business in Sudan

chapter 35|14 pages

The Sudanese Economy Since 1956

An Overview

chapter 36|14 pages

Setting Up a Multinational Venture in Sudan

Kenana Sugar Company Limited a Case Study

chapter 38|6 pages

Bank of Sudan

Monetary and Credit Policy

chapter 44|14 pages

Oil in Sudan

Its Discovery and Industrial Development

chapter 45|12 pages

The Oil of Sudan

Challenges and Achievements

chapter 47|6 pages

Investment in Sudanese Petroleum

Exploration and Production

chapter 51|12 pages

Gum Arabic in Sudan

Production, Marketing, Constraints and Opportunities

chapter 52|8 pages

The Enigmatic Sudan

Is it a Poorhouse or the Land of Milk and Honey?