Resilience in South Sudanese Women

Hope for Daughters of the Nile

By (author) Godriver Wanga-Odhiambo

Hardback - £93.00

Publication date:

18 December 2013

Length of book:

240 pages

Publisher

Lexington Books

Dimensions:

237x159mm
6x9"

ISBN-13: 9780739178669

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.
Drawing on the remarkable firsthand collection of refugee women’s experiences, Wanga-Odhiambo’s work is a groundbreaking study of the strategies that South Sudanese refugee women developed to overcome livelihood challenges in their new countries of residence. Wanga-Odhiambo supports her scholarship with a rich body of data that is meticulously interwoven with an appreciation of the refugee’s cultural resources. It’s an original contribution and a fascinating new look at the adaptation strategies of South Sudanese refugee women located in another culture. This is a must read book for scholars, students, and non-governmental organizations working with internally displaced peoples and refugees.