Okbazghi Yohannes is Professor of International Studies at the University of Louisville and the author of several books, including Political Economy of an Authoritarian Modern State and Religious Nationalism in Egypt and (with Kidane Mengisteab) Anatomy of an African Tragedy: Political, Economic, and Foreign Policy Crisis in Post-Independence Eritrea.

Acknowledgments

1. Toward A Provisional Understanding

Framing the Challenges
The Political Challenge
The Demographic Challenge
The Economic Challenge
The Hydrological and Ecological Challenge
Urbanization, Pollution, and the Challenge of Clean Water
The Governance Challenge
The Neoliberalist Challenge
Conclusion

2. Egypt: Gift of the Nile

The Elusive Quest for Food Security and the Modernization Imperatives
After Modernization
The Puzzle

3. The Sudan: A Hydrographic Bridge?

The Beginnings
An Arab "Breadbasket"?
The Politics of Internal Governance
The Sudd and the Jonglei Canal: Twin Crimes Against Nature and Society
The Puzzle

4. Ethiopia: Land of the "Blue Gold"

The Hydrological Context
The Elusive Quest for Food Security and the Modernization
Imperatives
The Politics of Internal Governance
The Eritrean Dimension of the Nile Waters
The Puzzle

5. The Middle Nile "Squatters": Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda

The Historical Context
The Elusive Quest for Food Security and the Modernization
Imperatives
Aquatic Resources and the Search for More Food Security
The Puzzle

6. The Uppermost Riparian States: Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of Congo

Problematizing Watershed Integrity
The Ethnography of Hydrology and Food Security
The Puzzle

7. Thinking about the Future

Toward an Integrative Epistemology and Regional Authenticity
Toward a Nile Family of Nations
Toward Holistic Economies
Toward a Politics of Collective Self-Reliance
Conclusion

Notes
Bibliography
Index