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Full Name: Abdel Ghaffar Mohamed Ahmed
Position:
  • Professor of Social Anthropology, Institute of Women, Gender and Development Studies, Ahfad University for Women, Omdurman, Sudan; and the University of Khartoum, Sudan
  • Former Executive Secretary of the Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa ( OSSREA ), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
  • Former Dean of the University of Juba; Former Director of the Economic and Social Research Council in Sudan; Former Director of the Development Studies and Research Centre
  • Former Consultant and Director of Middle East Award Programme, Population Council Cairo, Egypt Office, Cairo, Egypt
  • Former Professor, King Saoud University, Saudi Arabia; University of Bergen, Norway; University of California, Berkeley, USA
Nationality: Sudan
Work Tel: 249 187573517
Geographical Coverage
Arab Countries
Africa
Sudan
Fields of Application
Anthropology
Population and Development
Energy and Environment
Areas of Specialization
In Depth Research and Studies
Political Reform/Democracy/Good Governance
Conflict Consequences/Zones of Conflict
Sustainable Development/Productivity
Natural Resources Management
Conflict-Crisis and Emergency Management/Humanitarian Action/Conflict Resolution
Area of Expertise
Elaboration of Policies and Strategies
Programme or/and Project Development
Publications
  • Sectarian and secular political parties response to the National Islamic Front and Nation Congress Party political programme in the Sudan, In: M. A. Mohamed Salih (ed.), Interpreting Islamic political parties, Palgrave MacMillan, September 2009   
  • Peace in Eastern Sudan : some important aspects for consideration, Unifob Global, University of Bergen, BRIC, 2009   
  • Sudan’s peace agreements : current challenges and future prospects, Africa Today Seminar, Leiden, The Netherlands, 15 December, 2009   
  • The Future of Sudan to 2011 and beyond : dimensions of peace, stability and reconciliation, presented at the 2009 International Sudan Studies Conference on " The Future of Sudan to 2011 and Beyond : African Dimensions of Peace, Stability and Justice " [Pillar Two : History, Culture, Identity and Human Development], University of South Africa (UNISA), Pretoria, South Africa, 25-28 November, 2009   
  • Transforming pastoralism : a case study of the Rufa''a al Hoi ethnic group in the Blue Nile state, Sudan, (Sudan working paper, no.1), Chr. Michelsen Institute, Bergen, 2008, 18p.   
  • The Root causes of the present crisis, Madaric Publishers, Cairo, Egypt, 2008   
  • One against all : the National Islamic Front (NIF) and Sudanese sectarian and secular parties, (Sudan working paper, no.6), Chr. Michelsen Institute, Bergen, 2008, 14p.   
  • The Darfur crisis : does oil matter?, In: Karl Wohlmuth and Tino Urban (eds.), Reconstructing economic governance after conflict in resource-rich African countries , Insititute for World Economics and International Management, University of Bremen, LIT Verlag Munster, 2007, pp.219-224   
  • Sudanese trade in black ivory : opening old wounds, (Occasional paper, no. 31), CASAS, Cape Town, 2007, 32p.   
  • Sudan in transition : sustainable peace and attractive unity as a distant mirage, lecture presented at the Center for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, University of Bergen, 25 April 2007   
  • Understanding the crisis in Darfur : listening to Sudanese voices, Abdel Ghaffar M. Ahmed and Leif Manger (eds.), The Centre for Development Studies, Unifob Global, University of Bergen, 2006- Book also in Arabic- see abstract link   
  • The Darfur crisis : mapping the root causes, In: Abdel Ghaffar M. Ahmed and Leif Manger (eds.), Understanding the crisis in Darfur : listening to Sudanese voices, The Centre for Development Studies, Unifob Global, University of Bergen, 2006, pp.10-19   
  • Reflections on the meeting " Understanding the Darfur Conflict : an Attempt at an Analysis ", with Leif Manger, In: Abdel Ghaffar M. Ahmed and Leif Manger (eds.), Understanding the crisis in Darfur : listening to Sudanese voices, The Centre for Development Studies, Unifob Global, University of Bergen, 2006, pp   
  • Inter-communal conflicts in Sudan : causes, resolution mechanisms and transformation [prensentation of a book series], presented at the Workshop on " After the Comprehensive Peace Agreement/CPA : Signs of Change? [as part of the Cooperative Research Project: Governance and Social Action in Sudan after the Peace Agreement of January 9, 2005: Local, National and Regional Dimensions ", Bremen, 13-14 November, 2006   
  • Ethics and entering the field, presented at The Training Program On Research Methods for Guiding Policy and Evaluation With Special Applications to Population and Health, [Module III : Qualitative Research], Social Research Center, American University in Cairo, Cairo, Egypt, Wednesday 30 June, 2004   
  • Anthropology in the Sudan : refelections by a Sudanese anthropologist, International Books, Utrecht, 2003   
  • African political parties : evolution, institutionalisation and governance, with Abdel Ghaffar Ahmed (frw) and Mohamed Abdel Rahim Salih (ed.), Pluto, May 2003   
  • When Political parties fail : Sudan''s democratic conundrum, with Samia El Hadi El Nagar, In: Mohamed Abdel Rahim Salih (ed.), African political parties : evolution, institutionalisation and governance, Pluto, May 2003, pp.94-114   
  • Changing systems of livelihood in rural Sudan, Abdel Ghaffar Mohamed Ahmed (ed.), OSSREA, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2002, 227p.- Book - see abstract link   
  • Anthropology in the Sudan : reflections by a Sudanese anthropologist, A Abdel Ghaffar, M. Asad, M.A. Salih and Idris S. El Hassan (eds.), International Books in association with OSSREA, Utrecht, 2002, 192p.- Book   
  • An Evaluation of the Reproductive Health Working Group (Arab World and Turkey) : report submitted to the Population Council Regional Office for West Asia and North Africa, Cairo, Egypt, April 2002   
  • Globalisation, democracy and development in Africa : future prospects, Abdel Ghaffar Ahmed (ed.), Organisation for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2002   
  • A Report on post-drought recovery strategies among the pastoral households in the Horn of Africa, with Mustafa Babiker, Alemayehu Azeze, and Diress Tsegaye, OSSREA, Addis Ababa, [2002]   
  • African pastoralism : conflict, institutions and development, with M.A. Mohamed Salih and Ton Dietz, Pluto Press in association with OSSREA, 2001- Book   
  • Africa in transformation : political and economic transformation and socio-political responses in Africa - Vol.1 : political and economic issues, Kwesi Kwaa Prah, Ghaffar Mohammed Ahmed (eds.), Organisation for Social Science Research ( OSSREA ), Ethiopia, 2000, 252p.- Book - see abstract link   
  • Africa in transformation : political and economic transformation and socio-political responses in Africa - Vol.2 : political and economic reforms, transformations and gender issues, Kwesi Kwaa Prah, Ghaffar Mohammed Ahmed (eds.), Organisation for Social Science Research ( OSSREA ), Ethiopia, 2000, 356p.- Book - see abstract link   
  • Pastoralists and environment : experiences from the greater Horn of Africa : Proceedings of the regional workshops on African drylands, Leif Manger and Abdel Ghaffar M. Ahmed (eds.), OSSREA, Addis Ababa, 2000   
  • Environment and sustainable development in Eastern and Southern Africa ; some critical issues, Abdel Ghaffar Ahmed and Wilfred Mlay (eds.), Organization for Social Science Research in Eastern and Southern Africa, Basingstoke, UK, 1998   
  • The Human and ecological impact of the civil war in the Sudan, In: Nicholas S. Hopkins and Saad Eddin Ibrahim (eds.), Arab society : class, gender, power and development, The American University in Cairo Press, Cairo, Egypt, 1998   
  • The Relevance of indigenous systems of production to food policies : a Horn of Africa perspective, In: East African Social Science Review, Vol. 2, 1998   
  • The Human and ecological impact of the civil war in the Sudan, In: Terje Tvedt (ed.), Conflicts in the Horn of Africa : human and ecological consequenses of warfare, EPOS, Uppsala, 1993   
  • Beyond conflict in the Horn : the prospects for peace, recovery and development in Ethiopia, Somalia, Eritrea and Sudan, Lionel Cliffe, Abdel Ghaffar M. Ahmed, John Markakis and M. Doornbos (eds.) James Currey, London, 1992- Book   
  • Rural production systems in Sudan : a general perspective, In: Martin Doornbos et al. (ed.), Beyond conflict in the Horn of Africa : prospects for peace recovery and development in Ethiopia, Eritrea, Somalia and Sudan, Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, 1992, pp.133-142   
  • Management of the crisis in the Sudan, with Gunnar M. Sorbo, Khartoum University Press., Khartoum, Sudan, 1989   
  • National ambivalence and external hegemony : the negligence of pastora nomads in the Sudan, In: M.A. Mohamed Salih (ed.), Agrarian change in the central rainlands : Sudan : a socio-economic analysis, Scandinavian Institute of African Studies, Uppsala, 1987, pp.129-148   
  • Perspectives on development in the Sudan, Paul Van Der Wel and Abdel Ghaffar Mohamed Ahmed (eds.), Institute of Social Studies, The Hague, Khartoum 1986- Book   
  • Economic anthropology and issues of development in Sudan, Khartoum University Press, Khartoum, Sudan, 1983- In Arabic   
  • Planning and the neglect of pastoral nomads in the Sudan, In: Gunnar Haaland, (ed.), Problems of savannah development : the Sudan case, Bergen Occasional Papers in Social Anthropology, no. 19, Bergen, 1982, pp.38-54   
  • Urbanization and exploitation : the role of small centres, with Mustafa Abdel Rahman, Development Studies and Research Centre, Faculty of Economic and Social Studies, University of Khartoum, 1979   
  • Tribal elite : a basee for social stratification in the Sudan, In: S Diamond (ed.), Toward Marxist anthropology : problems and perspectives, Mouton, The Hague, 1979   
  • The Relevance of contemporary economic anthropology, In: Gerrit Huizer and Bruce Mannheim (eds.), The Politicss of anthropology : from colonialism and sexism toward a view from below, Mouton Publishers, The Hague, 1979, pp.171-186   
  • Small urban centres : vanguards of exploitation : two cases from Sudan, with Mustafa Abdel Rahma, In: Africa, 49(3):258-271, 1979   
  • Some aspects of pastoral nomadism in the Sudan, Abdel Ghaffar Mohamed Ahmed (ed.), Khartoum University Press, Khartoum, Sudan, 1976   
  • Some remarks from the Third World on anthropology : The Sudan, In: Talal Asad (ed.), Anthropology and the colonial encounter, Ithaca, London, 1973, pp. 259-272   

 

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