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War and Survival in Sudan's Frontierlands
Voices from the Blue Nile
Wendy James
368 pages
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28 halftones, maps
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216x138mm
978-0-19-929867-9
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Hardback
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04 October 2007
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£91.00 £45.50
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- Sets current events clearly against historical precedent
This book completes a trilogy by the anthropologist Wendy James. It is a case study of how the Uduk-speaking people, originally from the Blue Nile region between the 'north' and the 'south' of Sudan, have been caught up in and displaced by a generation of civil war. Some have responded by defending their nation, others by joining the armed resistance of the Sudan People's Liberation Army, and yet others eventually finding security as international refugees in Ethiopia, and even further afield in countries such as the USA. Sudan's peace agreement of 2005 leaves much uncertainty for the
future of the whole country, as conflict still rages in Darfur. The Uduk case shows how people who once lived together now try to maintain links across borders and even continents through modern communications, and where possible recreate their 'traditional' forms of story-telling, music, and song.
Readership: Academics and students of Anthropology, Development Studies, Politics, Refugee Studies, and Migration. Also researchers with an interest in Sudan, Ethiopia, and Middle Eastern and African current affairs
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Wendy James, Professor Emeritus University of Oxford
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"Wendy James's book is an impressive study, based on long-term field research in the turbulent area of Southeast Sudan bordering Ethiopia and in Khartoum, and gives great insights into the experiences of the Uduk (or Kwanim Pa) people and their wider (inter)national contexts ... This monograph makes absorbing reading; Wendy James has done a wonderful job." - Jon Abbink, Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute
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Historical Introduction: The Blue Nile Borderlands
Part One: The Struggles for Kurmuk and for Chali
1: Projects, Targets, and the Recruitment of the People
2: Chali: Rooting up a Sleepy Village
3: Chali: Front-line Garrison
Part Two: The Long Road, 1987-93
4: Initial Refuge at Assosa and Why it Failed
5: Blue Nile South: Ethiopian Turmoil, SPLA-protection, 1990-92
6: The SPLA Split: Refugees on the Edge
7: Escape Bac to the New Ethiopia, 1992-3
Part Three: Beyond Words
8: Safe Haven? Bonga Refugee Scheme
9: Dance, Music, and Poetry
10: Sermons, Visions, and Dreams
11: Reunions, Retrospectives, and Ironies
Epilogue
Current and Future Agendas
Appendix: Time Chart
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