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Description of  Sudan, 1504 2019: From Social History to Politics from Below: Volume 1: Towards a New Social History of Sudan. Volume 2: Power from Below: Ordinary doing and undoing of the Establishment (Issn, 6)

This book starts from the premise that the study of "exceptionally normal" women and men - as conceived by microhistory - has radical implications for understanding history and politics, and applies this notion to Sudan. Against a historiography dominated by elite actors and international agents, it examines both how ordinary people have brought about the most important political shifts in the country's history (including the recent revolution in 2019) and how they have played a role in maintaining authoritarian regimes. It also explores how men and women have led their daily lives through a web of ordinary worries, desires and passions. Read more