About the Author

R.S. O'Fahey is Professor of History at the Department of Middle Eastern and African History, University of Bergen, Norway.

Reviews

"Shows clearly the author's unparalleled knowledge and understanding of pre-colonial Darfur; again and again I came across striking insights-some old, some new, and I know a good deal more now than I did before reading this."--Dr Justin Willis, University of Durham"[A] masterful and timely study."--Jay Spaulding, The International Journal of African Historical Studies