Darfur

DARFUR
(A western region in Sudan)

Books:

Ball, Olivia and Paul Gready. The No-Nonsense Guide to Human Rights. Toronto: Between the     Lines, 2006. Print.
323 BAL 

Bashir, Halima. Tears of the Desert: A Memoir of Survival in Darfur. Toronto: Harper Perennial, 2009. Print.
962.4043 BAS

Cheadle, Don and John Prendergast. Not on our Watch: the mission to end genocide in Darfur and beyond. New York: Hyperion, 2007. Print.
364.151 CHE

Dau, John Bul. God Grew Tired of Us. Washington, DC: National Geographic, 2007. Print.
962.404 DAU

DiPiazza, Francesca Davis. Sudan in Pictures. Minneapolis, MN: Twenty-First Century Books, 2006. Print.
962.4 DIP

Genocide. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2007. Print.
304.663 GEN

Levy, Janey. Genocide in Darfur. New York: Rosen Publishing Group, 2009. Print.
962.4043 LEV

Meisler, Stanley. Kofi Annan: A Man of Peace in a World of War. Hoboken, N.J.: J. Wiley & Sons, 2007. Print.
341.23 MEI

Miller, Debra A. Ed. Darfur. Detroit: Greenhaven Press, 2009. Print.
962.4043 DAR


Xavier, John. Darfur: African Genocide. New York: Rosen, 2008. Print.
962.4043 XAV


Videos:

Darfur: On Our Watch. Ottawa: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 2007. DVD.
962.4043 DAR

Web Sites:

AllAfrica Global Media
http://allafrica.com/
AllAfrica Global Media is a multi-media content service provider, systems technology developer and the largest electronic distributor of African news and information worldwide.

Amnesty International USA
http://www.amnestyusa.org/search/node/darfur

BBC News
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/

BBC News – Country Profiles
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/country_profiles/default.stm
Profiles provide an instant guide to flags, history, politics, and economic background of countries with audio and video clips from the BBC archives.

Brookings Institution
http://www.brookings.edu/
The Brookings Institution is a nonprofit public policy organization based in Washington, DC.

Centre for Holocaust & Genocide Studies: University of Minnesota
http://www.chgs.umn.edu/

Countries of the World
http://infoplease.com/countries.html
Information Please is part of Pearson Education, the largest educational publisher in the world. Each country profile includes information on geography, maps, flags, history, population, government, religion and economy.

Country Studies – Federal Research Division, Library of Congress
http://rs6.loc.gov/frd/cs/
The Country Studies Series presents a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political, and national security systems and institutions of countries throughout the world.

Darfur Is Dying: Play mtvUs Darfur refugee game
http://www.darfurisdying.com/

Darfur Relief and Documentation Centre
http://www.darfurcentre.ch/
DRDC was established in May 2004 with the view to injecting an independent and impartial civil society perspective for a peaceful resolution of armed conflicts in the Darfur region of western Sudan.

Darfurian Voices
http://www.darfurgenocide.org/
Darfurian Voices is a project of 24 Hours for Darfur. 24 Hours for Darfur is an organization specializing in research on conflict in Darfur, Sudan. Using a combination of video testimony and public opinion research, we document and broadcast the views of Darfurian refugees on issues of peace, justice, and reconciliation.

Doctors Without Borders
http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/
Doctors Without Borders is active in Darfur and its website provides information regarding the genocide in this region.

Encyclopedia of the Nations
http://www.nationsencyclopedia.com/

Facing History and Ourselves National Foundation
http://www.facinghistory.org/

Freedom House
http://www.freedomhouse.org/
Freedom House is an independent watchdog organization that supports the expansion of freedom around the world. Freedom House supports democratic change, monitors freedom, and advocates for democracy and human rights.

Genocide Watch
http://www.genocidewatch.org/sudan.html

Human Rights First
http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/
The organization’s mission is to build respect for human rights and the rule of law to help ensure the dignity to which everyone is entitled and to stem intolerance, tyranny, and violence.

Human Rights Watch
http://www.hrw.org/
Human Rights Watch is a non-governmental organization dedicated to protecting the human rights of people around the world.

International Council on Human Rights Policy
http://www.ichrp.org/

International Crisis Group
http://www.crisisgroup.org/
The International Crisis Group is an independent, non-profit, non-governmental organization committed to preventing and resolving deadly conflict.

IRIN: humanitarian news and analysis from Africa, Asia and the Middle East.
http://www.irinnews.org/
A project of the UN Office for the Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs

Origins: Current Events in Historical Perspective

Pambazuka News
http://www.pambazuka.org/en/
Weekly news and analysis from a social justice perspective

Prevent Genocide International
http://www.preventgenocide.org/africa/
PGI is a global education and action network established in 1998 with the purpose of bringing about the elimination of the crime of Genocide.

Report of the International Commission of Inquiry of Darfur

Reporters Without Borders
http://en.rsf.org/

Save Darfur
http://www.savedarfur.org/

STAND
http://www.standnow.org/

Sudan – Genocide Studies Program – Yale University
http://www.yale.edu/gsp/sudan/index.html

Sudan Research, Analysis, and Advocacy
http://www.sudanreeves.org/

The Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/

The New York Times
http://topics.nytimes.com/
Under “Browse All Topics” choose S for Sudan

The World Factbook
https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/
United States government profiles for countries. Includes information on geography, people, government, economy, communications, transportation, military and transnational issues.

United Nations: Human Rights
http://www.un.org/en/rights/index.shtml

United Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights
http://www.ohchr.org/EN/Pages/WelcomePage.aspx

United States Institute of Peace
http://www.usip.org/

United to End Genocide
http://endgenocide.org/

USAID: Sudan: Darfur Humanitarian Emergency
http://www.usaid.gov/
Under locations see Sub-Saharan Africa

Violence in Darfur, Sudan

Visual Geography Series
http://www.vgsbooks.com/
A resource for links to country-specific information, up-to-date statistics, photographs and maps.

What Is Genocide? United States Holocaust Memorial Museum
http://www.ushmm.org/confront-genocide/defining-genocide


Databases:

EBSCO
http://search.ebscohost.com/
See your librarian for the password and username.

Terms to consider when conducting your search: (Incomplete list: merely suggestions)
• Darfur
• Sudan
• Genocide
• Ethnic Cleansing
• Human Rights
• Massacre
• Mass Killings
• Refugees
• Refugee Camps
• War Crimes
• Crimes against humanity
• War Crimes Trials
• Janjaweed

Vertical File:
The library maintains a vertical file regarding Darfur.