Sudan Past and Present

WHO WAS THE MAHADI? WHAT WAS THE FASHODA INCIDENT? WHAT COMMERCIALLY IMPORTANT PRODUCT DOES THE THORNT ACACIA TREE YIELD? ANSWERS TO THESE QUESTIONS WILL BE FOUND IN THIS BOOK ON THE SUDAN, THE LARGEST COUNTRY IN AFRICA IN AREA, AND POTENTIALLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ECONOMICALLY. THIS COMPACT, AUTHORITATIVE BOOK (THE AUTHOR IS SUDANESE) PROVIDES AN UP TO DATE AND COMPERHENSIVE COVERAGE OF THIS IMPORTANT COUNTRY WHICH SERVIE AS A BRIDGE BETWEEN BLCK AFRICA AND ARAB WORLD. WITH THE AID 56 UNUSUAL PHOTOGRAPHS, THE AUTHOR PRESENTS A CONCISE ACOUNT OF THE HISTORY, GEOGRAPHY, GOVERNMENT AND ECONOMY OF THIS PRIMARILY AGRICUTURAL LAND WHOSE MINERAL AND NILE RIVER WATER RESOURCES LARGELY REMAIN TO BE EXPLORED AND DEVELOPED. ALSO COVERED ARE THE SUDAN S CONSIDERABLE HUMAN RESOURCES A RICH MOSAIC OF ETHNIC GROUPS, RANGING FROM MUSLEMS ARABS IN THE NORTH TO TRIBAL BLACK CULTURE IN THE SOUTH.