Sudan’s Nuba Mountains People Under Siege: Essays by Humanitarians in the Battle Zone

This collection of first-person accounts chronicles the experiences of 13 humanitarian aid workers who travelled to Sudan to 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 essayists describe in detail the tragedies of the Civil War in South Sudan, their own close calls with death, and why they are committed to helping a group of people - Nuba civilians - little known by the rest of the world. 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. 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 / 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 / Louis Perrinjaquet, M.d. Edited By Samuel Totten ; Foreword By Baroness Caroline Cox ; Afterword By Israel W. Charny. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Cover......Page 1 Table of Contents......Page 8 Glossary......Page 10 List of Acronyms......Page 18 Foreword (Baroness Caroline Cox)......Page 20 Introduction (Samuel Totten)......Page 30 A Love for the Nuba People (Tomo Križnar)......Page 40 Doing God’s Work (Ryan Boyette)......Page 57 On the Frontlines of Medicine (Tom Catena, M.D.)......Page 68 In the Service of Christ: My “Tours” in the Nuba Mountains (Sister Deirdre M. Byrne, M.D.)......Page 83 A Son of the Nuba: From Forced Exile to My return as a Humanitarian (George Tutu)......Page 94 Confronting War Crimes in the Nuba Mountains of Sudan (Matt Chancey)......Page 120 A Moral Imperative: From Conducting Research in the Nuba Mountains to Hauling Food to Those in Most Critical Need (Samuel Totten)......Page 133 Sojourns Through Worlds of Suffering (John C. Jefferson)......Page 179 Doctoring in the Nuba Mountains During Wartime (John P. Sutter, M.D.)......Page 208 Medical Missions to the Nuba War Zone (Corry Chapman, M.D.)......Page 223 Sowing Seeds of Peace: My Life at Mother of Mercy Hospital (Margaret Camarca)......Page 229 A Small Town Doctor Responds to the Needs of the Nuba (C. Louis Perrinjaquet, M.D.)......Page 244 Afterword (Israel W. Charny)......Page 265 Annotated Bibliography......Page 270 About the Contributors......Page 278 Index......Page 280 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 / Louis Perrinjaquet, M.D. "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 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.