Includes bibliographical references and index.

Towards building the new Sudan / Elwathig Kameir -- Sudan at the crossroads / Francis M. Deng -- Portrait of a divided nation / Francis M. Deng -- The legacy of slavery / Francis M. Deng -- The paradoxes of military slavery / Elizabeth O. Ashamu -- Assault on indigenous Islam / Albaqir Alafif Mukhtar -- Beyond "African" and "Arab" / Amir Idris -- The turbulent road to nationhood / Francis M. Deng -- Anatomy of the war in Darfur / Eltigani Seisi M. Ateem -- Kordofan : between old and new Sudan / Mohamed Salih -- The dilemmas of self-determination / Abdullahi A. An-Naim & Francis M. Deng -- Toward the self-determination referendum and beyond / Mansour Khalid -- Managing diversity and peace in post-conflict Sudan / Luka Biong Deng -- New Sudan in the context of one country, two systems / Biong K. Deng -- The CPA as an embodiment of the New Sudan / John G. Nyuot Yoh -- Operationalizing the new Sudan concept / Elwathig Kameir -- Orphaned : Sudan after John Garang and the specter of disintegration / Jok Madut Jok -- Tributes to Dr. John Garang de Mabior / Francis M. Deng.