South sudans separation from the sudan on 9 july 2011 abundantly illustrated the relevance of randall fegleys beyond khartoum focusing on subnational politic. Useful to both scholars and policymakers beyond khartoum is a history of subnational government in sudan from early times through 2010 despite domination by its northern arabic speaking elite sudan has a long and varied history of governmental organization at subnational levels compared with most african and middle eastern states in a highly charged atmosphere of regional pressures economic disparities and ethnic and religious difficulties significant demands for subnational . Rolandsen oystein h 2013 review of beyond khartoum a history of subnational government in sudan in african affairs 112447 327 328. Beyond khartoum book read reviews from worlds largest community for readers