No. 20 (October 1997)

Editorial Note. p.i.

Douglas H. Johnson. 'The Sudan is sui generis: past failures and future prospects in Sudanese history'. pp.1-9.

Robert O. Collins. 'Africans, Arabs and Islamists: from the conference tables to the battlefields of Sudan.' pp.10-25.

Joseph H. Oduho, (ed. Diana Rosenberg). 'Memoirs of a Freedom Fighter: Joseph H. Oduho of the Southern Sudan.' pp.26-32.

Arthur A. Staniforth. 'Installing a Flood Irrigation Scheme at the Khor Abu Hubl.' pp.33-40.

John Oliver Udal. 'Evliya Celebi - Envoy or Sham?'. pp.41-49.

Lillian Craig Harris. 'Christian and Muslim Women in Dialogue: a model for healing and reconciliation in Sudan.' Conference paper from Sudan Church Study Seminar, 'The Church in Sudan: its impact, past, present, future', Limuru, Kenya, 16-22 February 1997. pp. 50-59.