Document Type
Journal Article
Date of this Version
2013
Publication Source
Afrique Contemporaine
Volume
2013/2
Issue
246
Start Page
21
Last Page
34
DOI
10.3917/afco.246.0021
Abstract
Français
Dans le sillage de la partition de la république du Soudan, en 2011, les concepts de Soudan indivisible, dual ou pluriel ressortent-ils des textes consacrés à l’histoire contemporaine du pays ? Optant pour une approche contrefactuelle justifiée par les liens qui continuent de parcourir la région, l’auteur avance que si les récits historiques affirmant l’existence de « deux Soudan » ont contribué à favoriser la naissance du Sud-Soudan en 2011, d’autres historiographes ont parfois soutenu – et pourraient sans doute encore le faire – l’idée d’un Soudan commun ou d’une « famille » soudanaise.
English
One Sudan, Two Sudans, Many Sudans?
A Post-Separation HistoryIn the aftermath of the Sudanese republic’s split into two countries, this article looks for notions of an indivisible, a dual, or even multiple Sudans in contemporary-history writings about the country. The author uses a counterfactual approach, one justified by the relationships that still run through the region. He suggests that although some histories of the country affirmed the existence of “two Sudans,” helping create South Sudan in 2011, other historiographers have supported – and may well again – the idea of a common Sudan or that of a Sudanese “family.”
Keywords
Sudan, South Sudan colonialism, nationalism, christian-muslim relationships, north-south relationships, arab-african relationships, civil war
Recommended Citation
Sharkey, H. J. (2013). Le Soudan, un pays indivisible, dual ou pluriel ?. Afrique Contemporaine, 2013/2 (246), 21-34. http://dx.doi.org/10.3917/afco.246.0021
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Date Posted: 04 November 2015
This document has been peer reviewed.