War and Survival in Sudan's Frontierlands:Voices from the Blue Nile: Voices from the Blue Nile

Wendy James

OUP Oxford, Oct 4, 2007 - Social Science - 368 pages

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 evenfurther 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 throughmodern communications, and where possible recreate their 'traditional' forms of story-telling, music, and song.

About the author

Wendy James is Professor of Social Anthropology in the University of Oxford, and a Fellow of St. Cross College. She has carried out research in the Sudan and Ethiopia intermittently over four decades, and has long-standing academic links with universities and other institutions in the region of north-eastern Africa. She is a Fellow of the British Academy and has served as President of the Royal Anthropological Institute. She has published widely not only on Africa but on the history and current scope of anthropology, as well as acting on various occasions as a consultant to the UN and associated agencies. She was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Copenhagen in 2005.

Bibliographic information

• Title: War and Survival in Sudan's Frontierlands:Voices from the Blue Nile: Voices from the Blue Nile
• Author: Wendy James
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: OUP Oxford, 2007
• ISBN: 019929867X, 9780199298679
• Length: 368 pages
• Subjects: History / Africa / General; History / Social History; Political Science / Peace; Social Science / Anthropology / Cultural; Social Science / Developing & Emerging Countries; Social Science / Ethnic Studies / General; Social Science / Regional Studies; Technology & Engineering / Military Science