Introduction : many Sudans / John Ryle & Justin Willis
Land & water / Justin Willis, Omer Egemi & Philip Winter
Early states on the Nile / Abdelrahman Ali Mohammed & Derek Welsby
Peoples & cultures of two Sudans / John Ryle
Religious practice & belief / Wendy James
The ambitions of the state / Justin Willis
From the country to the town / Munzoul A.M. Assal
From slaves to oil / Laura James
Sudan's fragile state, 1956-1989 / Peter Woodward
Islamism & the state / Abdel Salam Sidahmed
Traditional authority, local government & justice / Cherry Leonardi & Musa Abdul Jalil
Twentieth-century civil wars / Douglas H. Johnson
The war in the west / Jerome Tubiana
A short history of Sudanese popular music / Ahmad Sikainga
Sudan's regional relations / Gerard Prunier
The international presence in Sudan / Daniel Large
The past & future of peace / Edward Thomas
Epilogue : the next Sudan / Jok Madut Jok & John Ryle.
