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<DIV><FONT size=2> MAHMOOD MAMDANI<BR>
re-evaluates<BR> Saviors and Survivors:<BR> Darfur,
Politics, and the War on Terror<BR> <BR> Harvard Book Store is
pleased to welcome Herbert Lehman Professor of<BR> Government at
Columbia MAHMOOD MAMDANI (/Good Muslim, Bad Muslim/) <BR> for a discussion
of his latest book, a re-examination of the humanitarian<BR>
intervention in Darfur within the context of the history of Sudan.<BR>
<BR> “Mamdani traces the path to the Darfur tragedy through its
historical<BR> and colonial roots to the current situation, where
drought and<BR> desertification have led to conflict over land among
local tribes,<BR> rebellion, and finally to the brutal involvement
of the forces of the<BR> state and to the efforts of the United
Nations and others to help the<BR> victims and stop the violence.
His radical reevaluation of the Darfur<BR> problem is a major
contribution to understanding and, it is to be<BR> hoped, to ending
a shocking human disaster.” –Sir Brian Urquhart,<BR> former
Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations<BR> <BR> “An
incisive and challenging analysis. Framing both Darfur’s war and<BR>
the ‘Save Darfur’ movement within the paradigm of the West’s
historic<BR> colonial encounter with Africa, Mahmood Mamdani
challenges the reader<BR> to reconsider whether Darfur’s crisis is
‘genocide’ warranting <BR> foreign military intervention.” –Alex de
Waal (/War in Darfur/), Fellow at<BR> Harvard University’s Kennedy
School of Government<BR> <BR> “Mahmood Mamdani has turned his
fearless independence of mind on<BR> Darfur, Sudan, and the
so-called ‘War on Terror,’ producing a book<BR> that is as
passionate and well-informed as it is intelligent and (for<BR> those
used only to surface orthodoxies) challenging.” –Conor Gearty,<BR>
Director of the Centre for the Study of Human Rights at the
London<BR> School of Economics<BR> <BR> “A
brilliantly argued and profoundly challenging critique of
liberal<BR> support for humanitarian intervention in Darfur. Beyond
this, Mamdani<BR> sets forth an alternative approach to such
catastrophic situations.<BR> This book should be required reading
for the Obama foreign policy<BR> team.” –Richard Falk, United
Nations Special Rapporteur and Professor<BR> Emeritus, Princeton
University<BR> <BR> *CONTACT:*<BR> <BR>
General Info:<BR> 617.661.1515<BR> <BR>
Media:<BR> 617.661.1424 ex.1<BR> <BR>
Email:<BR> <A href="mailto:mcook@harvard.com">mcook@harvard.com</A>
<<A href="mailto:mcook@harvard.com">mailto:mcook@harvard.com</A><BR>
<BR> <BR> <BR> <BR> Event Information<BR>
<BR> *DATE:* Thursday, April 2nd<BR> *TIME:* 7:00
PM<BR> *LOCATION:* *Harvard Book Store*<BR> 1256
Massachusetts Avenue<BR> Cambridge<BR> *TICKETS:* This
event is free; no tickets are required<BR> <BR> <BR>
<BR> *Mahmood Mamdani* is Herbert Lehman Professor of Government and
a<BR> member of the departments of anthropology; political science;
and<BR> Middle East and Asian Languages and Cultures (MEALAC) at the
<BR> School of<BR> International and Public Affairs at Columbia
University. His previous<BR> books include /Good Muslim, Bad Muslim;
Citizen and Subject; /and<BR> /When Victims Become Killers/.
Originally from Uganda, he now divides<BR> his time between Kampala
and New York, where he lives with his wife<BR> and
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