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Where There Are Bad Guys But Few Good Guys

Sub-Saharan Africa

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I suppose there will be an element of celebration for the “underdogs” for those inclined to celebrate Darfur’s Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) successfully seizing the town of  Umm Baru from the control of Sudanese soldiers. But while I have no problem with categorizing Khartoum as the bad guys in Sudan’s destabilization, it does not follow that JEM represents the good guys.  And rest assured, Khartoum will strike back, they will strike back hard, and they will strike back indiscriminately. And civilians will bear the brunt of the response.

 

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Derek Catsam

Derek Catsam is a Professor of history and Kathlyn Cosper Dunagan Professor in the Humanities at the University of Texas of the Permian Basin. He is also Senior Research Associate at Rhodes University. Derek writes about race and politics in the United States and Africa, sports, and terrorism. He is currently working on books on bus boycotts in the United States and South Africa in the 1940s and 1950s and on the 1981 South African Springbok rugby team's tour to the US. He is the author of three books, dozens of scholarly articles and reviews, and has published widely on current affairs in African, American, and European publications. He has lived, worked, and travelled extensively throughout southern Africa. He writes about politics, sports, travel, pop culture, and just about anything else that comes to mind.

Areas of Focus:
Africa; Zimbabwe; South Africa; Apartheid

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