Resilience in South Sudanese Women

Hope for Daughters of the Nile

By (author) Godriver Wanga-Odhiambo

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Publication date:

18 December 2013

Length of book:

245 pages

Publisher

Lexington Books

ISBN-13: 9780739178676

Resilience in South Sudanese Women describes the historical injustices in Southern Sudan that led to the outbreak of civil wars. These injustices included socio-economic and political marginalization that denied the women basic needs. It gives firsthand life experiences of the Sudanese women during the protracted civil wars in their country. It narrates the horrors of the gruesome journeys that they took as they fled war zone, burying their kids on unmarked graves and moving on. It shows how they dealt with homelessness in host countries through various coping strategies, and their eventual resettlement in USA where again they experienced cultural collisions. However, their determination, innovation, and resilience always helped them to overcome the struggles.

Chapter 2: Movement beyond the borders
Chapter 3: Settling in: Self Settlement in Nairobi
Chapter 4: Providing for Refugees
Chapter 5: Coping Strategy: Establishment of Social Network
Chapter 6: Coping Strategy two: Small Scale Economic Ventures
Chapter 7: Behold the Promised Land: America
Chapter 8: Sudanese Women: The Real Heroines

Resilience in South Sudanese Women is an inspiring narrative of the tribulations and triumphs of women in South Sudan during the independence struggle and in exile in Kenya, Egypt, and the United States. It makes important contributions by highlighting the experience of daughters of the Nile while illuminating an important, and neglected, aspect of diaspora history.