Sudan's Nuba Mountains People Under Siege - Accounts by Humanitarians in the Battle Zone

This collection of first-person accounts chronicles the experiences of 12 humanitarians who entered Sudan illegally to variously provide food, medical care and spiritual support to the besieged people of the Nuba Mountains. A diverse group of men and women of various ages, professions and religious beliefs, the chroniclers describe in detail the tragedies of the current war in the state of South Kordofan, their own close calls with death, and why they are committed to helping a little known group of people--Nuba civilians--as the United Nations, the African Union and all nongovernmental organizations are forbidden from crossing the border.

List of contents

Table of Contents

Glossary

List of Acronyms xvii

Foreword (Baroness Caroline Cox)

Introduction (Samuel Totten)

A Love for the Nuba People (Tomo Križnar)

Doing God's Work (Ryan Boyette)

On the Frontlines of Medicine (Tom Catena, M.D.)

In the Service of Christ: My "Tours" in the Nuba Mountains Sister (Deirdre M. Byrne, M.D.)

A Son of the Nuba: From Forced Exile to My Return as a Humanitarian (George Tutu)

Confronting War Crimes in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan (Matt Chancey)

A Moral Imperative: From Conducting Research in the Nuba Mountains to Hauling Food to Those in Most Critical Need (Samuel Totten)

Sojourns Through Worlds of Suffering (John C. Jefferson)

Doctoring in the Nuba Mountains During Wartime (John P. Sutter, M.D.)

Medical Missions to the Nuba War Zone (Corry Chapman, M.D.)

Sowing Seeds of Peace: My Life at Mother of Mercy Hospital (Margaret Camarca)

A Small Town Doctor Responds to the Needs of the Nuba (C. Louis Perrinjaquet, M.D.)

Afterword (Israel W. Charny)

Annotated Bibliography

About the Contributors

Index

About the author

Editor Samuel Totten is a professor emeritus at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.

Product details

• Assisted by: Samuel Totten (Editor), Totten Samuel (Editor)
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Age Recommendation: from age 18
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 08.06.2017
• EAN: 9781476667225
• ISBN: 978-1-4766-6722-5
• No. of pages: 284
• Dimensions: 178 mm x 254 mm x 14 mm
• Weight: 481 g
• Illustrations: Raster,schwarz-weiss
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Sudan, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious, HISTORY / Military / General, military history, RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Missions, HISTORY / Africa / North, HISTORY / Africa / East, Social issues & processes, African History, Religion and beliefs, Society and culture: general, Popular medicine and health, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / General, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Medical (inc Patients)