Black Book of Sudan: Imbalance of Power and Wealth in Sudan

Abstract

Most of the recent literature on the civil war political turmoil and social upheavals in the Sudan is written in Arabic. At least three reasons explain this tendency. First, Arabic is the official language of the Sudan the main spoken language among its diverse national ities and ethnic groups. Second, the Arabicisation (wrib in Arabic refers to the use of Arabic as a language of instruction) of higher education means that Englih is gradually losing ground to Arabic. Third, the Sudan Government's orientation courts the Arab World and perceives Arabism as the edifice of Sudanese nationalism, regardless of the fact that the majority of the Sudanese peoples are of an African or Afro-Arab origin.