As in most Arab and Third World countries, the tribal structure is an anthropological reality and a sociological particularity in Sudan. Despite development and modernity aspects in many major cities and urban areas in Sudan, the tribe and the tribal structure still maintain their status as a psychological and cultural structure that frames patterns of behavior, including the political behavior, and influence the political process. This situation has largely increased in the last three decades under the rule of the Islamic Movement in Sudan, because of the tribe politicization and the ethnicization of politics, as this research reveals. This research is based on an essential hypothesis that the politicization of tribalism is one of the main reasons for the tribal conflict escalation in Sudan. It discusses a central question: Who is responsible for the tribal conflicts in Sudan?
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March 01 2018
The Tribal Impact on Political Stability in Sudan
Abdu Mukhtar Musa
1University of Omdurman, Sudan
Abdu Mukhtar Musa is Professor of Political Sociology at the University of Omdurman in Sudan. He received a doctorate in political information from the University of Khartoum in 2005 and a master’s degree in political communication from the University of Khartoum in 1995. He has more than ten years’ experience in the field of journalism, including as an editor and reporter for newspapers and press organizations outside Sudan, in both Arabic and English. Email: drmukhtar60@googlemail.com
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Abdu Mukhtar Musa is Professor of Political Sociology at the University of Omdurman in Sudan. He received a doctorate in political information from the University of Khartoum in 2005 and a master’s degree in political communication from the University of Khartoum in 1995. He has more than ten years’ experience in the field of journalism, including as an editor and reporter for newspapers and press organizations outside Sudan, in both Arabic and English. Email: drmukhtar60@googlemail.com
Contemporary Arab Affairs (2018) 11 (1-2): 167–188.
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Abdu Mukhtar Musa; The Tribal Impact on Political Stability in Sudan. Contemporary Arab Affairs 1 March 2018; 11 (1-2): 167–188. doi: https://doi.org/10.1525/caa.2018.000010
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