GEOG 002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Gaafar Nimeiry, Geopolitics, Veto
2 Oct 2020
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They have a homeland they call their own. Extent of arabic (north is arabic speaking, south speak many languages but not many arabic) Distinguished from north b/c north speaks arabic. Everyone in south is diverse (animist & christianity) Independence (1956): the first civil war a response to the end of british rule, and fears of being dominated by the north (once british rule over they were dominated and put in sudan under the north rule) Islamization (1983) jaafar nimeiri (make all sudan islamic language, religion. Made arabic the official language, all schools everything made in islam. % of children who complete primary school (6 grade) Worst districts in the south is over 111 (over 11%) South less than 5% of people have access to improved water or. Attornys general (1986) legally represent your state south has 0. 2006: oil accounted for 70% of sudan"s export revenues. 75% of oil is in south yet northerners control how the money is spent.
