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The Attempt to Stay: Dam Building, Displacement, and Resistance in the Nile Valley, Sudan

The Attempt to Stay: Dam Building, Displacement, and Resistance in the Nile Valley, Sudan - Hardcover

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Availability:In StockContributor:Valerie H?nschPublish date:2024-08-01Pages:366
Language:EnglishPublisher:Berghahn BooksISBN-13:9781805396239ISBN-10:1805396234UPC:9781805396239Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Cultural & Ethnic Studies, Anthropology, RefugeesBook Topic:African Studies, Cultural & SocialSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.81 inchesWeight:1.4506Product ID:SCYJ8D8DFS
The construction of the Merowe Dam along the Nile in northern Sudan flooded local villages and forced thousands of inhabitants to flee to higher ground. Despite the radical social and environmental transformations and an uncertain future, the Manasir have tried to continue their peasant way of life and resisted relocating to state-run resettlement schemes. Rather than focusing on migration and resettlement, the author follows the people's attempts to preserve their homeland and have meaningful lives along the emerging reservoir. The book grapples with the fundamental question of how to re-establish life in a world that is falling apart.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Berghahn BooksISBN-13:9781805396239ISBN-10:1805396234UPC:9781805396239Book Category:Social ScienceBook Subcategory:Cultural & Ethnic Studies, Anthropology, RefugeesBook Topic:African Studies, Cultural & SocialSize:9.00 x 6.00 x 0.81 inchesWeight:1.4506Product ID:SCYJ8D8DFS

Valerie H?nsch is a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Anthropological Museum in Berlin, Germany. As a visual anthropologist, she has produced several collaborative ethnographic films. Her film "Sifinja - The Iron Bride" (2009) has been awarded several prizes. She is co-editor of the special journal issue Temporalities of Waiting in Africa (Critical African Studies, 2020).


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