Sudan's Nuba Mountains people under siege : accounts by humanitarians in the battle zone / edited by Samuel Totten ; foreword by Caroline Baroness Cox ; afterword by Israel W. Charny

Published:: Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2017]
Physical Description:: xvii, 263 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Additional Creators:: Totten, Samuel

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Contents:

Glossary -- 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 / 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 / Louis Perrinjaquet, M.D.

Summary:

"This collection of first-person accounts chronicles the experiences of 13 humanitarians who travelled to Sudan to provide food, medical care and spiritual support to the besieged people of the Nuba Mountains. The essayists describe in detail the tragedies of the current civil war in the state of South Kordofan"--Provided by publisher.

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9781476667225 (softcover ; alk. paper)
1476667225 (softcover ; alk. paper)

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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