The nation that is Sudan belongs to two families of the world community Arab and African. These are structured, with global recognition, as the Arab League, and the Africa Union. It is depressing to observe the studied indifference of one the Arab family - to the criminality of one of its members, a nation historically placed as a cultural bridge between two races... The African family, for its part, manifests a pathetic impotence which permits a re-enactment of a history that forged the chains of colonial bondage... First published in 1999, this edition of The Burden of Memory, has been updated with a new chapter on the ongoing crises in Darfur.