Forms of group identity play a prominent role in everyday lives and politics in north-east Africa. These volumes provide an interdisciplinary account of the nature and significance of ethnic, religious, and national identity in north-east Africa. Case studies from Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, and Kenya illustrate the way that identities are formed and change over time, and how local, national, and international politics are interwoven. Specific attention is paid to the impact of modern weaponry, new technologies, religious conversion, food and land shortages, international borders, civil war, and…mehr
Forms of group identity play a prominent role in everyday lives and politics in north-east Africa. These volumes provide an interdisciplinary account of the nature and significance of ethnic, religious, and national identity in north-east Africa. Case studies from Sudan, Ethiopia, Uganda, and Kenya illustrate the way that identities are formed and change over time, and how local, national, and international politics are interwoven. Specific attention is paid to the impact of modern weaponry, new technologies, religious conversion, food and land shortages, international borders, civil war, and displacement on group identities. Drawing on the expertise of anthropologists, historians and geographers, these volumes provide a significant account of a society profoundly shaped by identity politics and contribute to a better understanding of the nature of conflict and war, and forms of alliance and peacemaking, thus providing a comprehensive portrait of this troubled region.
Elizabeth E. Watson is a Lecturer in the Department of Geography at the University of Cambridge. Her research examines environment and development issues, mainly in Eastern Africa. Most of her work in Ethiopia has been among the Konso. Recent publications include: 'Local Community, Legitimacy, and Cultural Authenticity in Postconflict Natural Resource Management: Ethiopia and Mozambique' in Environment and Planning D: Society and Space, 2006 (with R. Black), and 'Making a Living in the Post-Socialist Periphery: Konso, Ethiopia' in Africa, 2006.
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List of Maps, Plates, Figures and Tables List of Abbreviations Introduction Elizabeth E. Watson and Günther Schlee Part I. Raiding, War and Peace, Sudan and Northern Uganda 1. The Nuer Civil Wars Douglas H. Johnson 2. Peace and Puzzlement: Grass-roots Peace Initiatives between the Nuer and Dinka of South Sudan Sharon Elaine Hutchinson 3. The Experience of Violence and Pastoralist Identity in Southern Karamoja Sandra Gray Part II. Politics of Kinship and Marriage, Sudan and Northern Kenya 4. Endogamy and Alliance in Northern Sudan Janice Boddy 5. Descent and Descent Ideologies: The Blue Nile Area (Sudan) and Northern Kenya Compared Günther Schlee Part III. Encounters with Modernity, Sudan and Sudan-Ethiopia Borderlands 6. The Rise and Decline of Lorry Driving in the Fallata Migrant Community of Maiurno on the Blue Nile Al-Amin Abu-Manga 7. Mbororo (Ful¿e) Migrations from Sudan into Ethiopia Dereje Feyissa and Günther Schlee Part IV. Displacement, Refuge and Identification 8. Conflict and Identity Politics: The Case of Anywaa-Nuer Relations in Gambela, Western Ethiopia Dereje Feyissa 9. The Cultural Resilience in Nuer Conversion and a 'Capitalist Missionary' Christiane Falge 10. Changing Identifications among the Pari Refugees in Kakuma Eisei Kurimoto 11. Crossing Points: Journeys of Transformation on the Sudan-Ethiopian Border Wendy James Bibliography Notes on Contributors Index
List of Maps, Plates, Figures and Tables List of Abbreviations Introduction Elizabeth E. Watson and Günther Schlee Part I. Raiding, War and Peace, Sudan and Northern Uganda 1. The Nuer Civil Wars Douglas H. Johnson 2. Peace and Puzzlement: Grass-roots Peace Initiatives between the Nuer and Dinka of South Sudan Sharon Elaine Hutchinson 3. The Experience of Violence and Pastoralist Identity in Southern Karamoja Sandra Gray Part II. Politics of Kinship and Marriage, Sudan and Northern Kenya 4. Endogamy and Alliance in Northern Sudan Janice Boddy 5. Descent and Descent Ideologies: The Blue Nile Area (Sudan) and Northern Kenya Compared Günther Schlee Part III. Encounters with Modernity, Sudan and Sudan-Ethiopia Borderlands 6. The Rise and Decline of Lorry Driving in the Fallata Migrant Community of Maiurno on the Blue Nile Al-Amin Abu-Manga 7. Mbororo (Ful¿e) Migrations from Sudan into Ethiopia Dereje Feyissa and Günther Schlee Part IV. Displacement, Refuge and Identification 8. Conflict and Identity Politics: The Case of Anywaa-Nuer Relations in Gambela, Western Ethiopia Dereje Feyissa 9. The Cultural Resilience in Nuer Conversion and a 'Capitalist Missionary' Christiane Falge 10. Changing Identifications among the Pari Refugees in Kakuma Eisei Kurimoto 11. Crossing Points: Journeys of Transformation on the Sudan-Ethiopian Border Wendy James Bibliography Notes on Contributors Index
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