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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451280903321

Autore

James Wendy

Titolo

War and survival in Sudan's frontierlands [[electronic resource] ] : voices from the Blue Nile / / Wendy James

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford, : Oxford University Press, 2007

ISBN

1-281-14567-X

9786611145675

0-19-153833-7

1-4356-0530-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (368 p.)

Disciplina

962.4043

Soggetti

Uduk (African people)

Refugees - Blue Nile River Valley (Ethiopia and Sudan)

Electronic books.

Blue Nile River Valley (Ethiopia and Sudan) History

Blue Nile River Valley (Ethiopia and Sudan) Social conditions

Sudan History Civil War, 1983-2005

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; List of Maps, Thumbnail Sketches, and Figures; Note on Texts and Translations; Historical Introduction: The Blue Nile Borderlands; PART I: The Struggles for Kurmuk and for Chali; PART II: The Long Road, 1987-1993; PART III: Beyond Words; Appendix: Chronology of Events; Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

In the final volume of her trilogy, Wendy James presents 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. - ;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 re