Tuesday, February 24, 2009


1. Who is John Grange de Mabior?
John Grange was a government army officer who was sent to quell, a mutiny of 500 southern troops.jpnh went against his superiors orders and went to encourage mutinies in other garrisons and made himself the head of the rebellion against the Khartoum government. when the war ended John was the vice president for three weeks until he was killed in a helicopter crash. John was thought to be a great man. he was confident in what he did.

2. Who are the Dinka people of Sudan?
the dinka people of Sudan was a famous group in Sudan. they were famous for worshiping the sky, playing music on rams horns, and their love for roast meat. John Grange was born to this group of people.

3. What is the SPLM/A?
 SPLM OR SPLMA stands for Sudan people's liberation army(or Sudan people's liberation movement).the splm was was a government force. The splm fought in the war and people didn't know if they were fighting for independence or merely more autonomy. the splm had 12500 armed men. the splm was formed in 1983  when John Grange was sent to quell a munity in bor of 500 southern troops who were resisting orders to  rotated to the north. John was suppose to end the munity but he encouraged them and others. in doing this he set himself at the head of the rebellion against the Khartoum government.by 1991 the splm had 20000 to 30000 men.

4. Describe the incidents, events, and developments of the genocide in Sudan?

the events that led up to the genocide in Sudan is on August 18 in 1955 the equatorial corps muntinied at tortit. many of the muniteers disappeared into hiding. this caused the first war in southern Sudan. in the late  1960's the war that had began resulted to the deaths of 500000 people.
 

5. Pan-Afrikanism is the unity of different African people and different African nations. How would this type of unity benefit Sudan? 
 this type of unity would benefit Sudan because because they are the same as far as race but they are different. because they are different the will all have a different perspective on things. also the Sudan has only one type of African people and i think that if they see that all these people are getting along and they are different, then they will see that they can do it with their own people

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