This is an edited recording of the ZOOM webinar convened by The Sudanese Programme in collaboration with the University of East Anglia on the theme of The Plight of the Merowe Dam-Affected People: Stories from the Manasir. An evening of film and discussion with Dr Valerie Hänsch, anthropologist and director of the highly acclaimed short documentary film Manasirland - Development Refugees (2006), and Azza Dirar, a PhD candidate who has studied the adaptations of life among the Manasir who resettled themselves along the banks of the Merowe dam’s reservoir.

The webinar took place at 3pm British Summer Time (GMT+1) on Thursday 23rd September 2021. Dr Ahmed Al-Shahi chaired the webinar and Dr Richard Barltrop chaired the Q&A session. Dr Ahmed Al-Shahi is Co-Founder and Trustee of The Sudanese Programme; Dr Richard Barltrop is a Trustee of The Sudanese Programme. Thumbnail photos are provided courtesy of Dr Valerie Hänsch.

The correponding video of this webinar discussion is available on The Sudanese Programme Youtube channel.

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ZOOM Webinar 2021.09.23

This is a recording of David Bassiouni (Chairman & CEO of New York-based The Bassiouni Group; Former Senior UN Staff, South Sudan Regional Minister of Agriculture & Natural Resources) on Towards Nationhood: The Challenges and Opportunities for Achieving Unity and Nationhood in South Sudan. The recording also includes audience questions.

This presentation is one of several contributing to a one-day conference on the theme of ‘Ecological Impacts of Proposed Jonglei Canal, National Identity Crisis, Communal Conflicts and the Peace in South Sudan’. The conference was convened on Saturday 5th November 2022 at St Antony's College, University of Oxford and was organised by The Sudanese Programme in collaboration with the South Sudanese community (UK) and the Middle East Centre, St Antony's College.

Dr Ahmed Al-Shahi and Dr Richard Barltrop (Trustees of The Sudanese Programme) chaired the conference.

We are grateful to all conference participants (speakers and audience) who kindly gave their approval for their contributions to be included - everyone was given the option not to be included and to let the programme organisers know if they preferred to opt out.

The other presentations are available on The Sudanese Programme YouTube channel as edited videos.

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The Sudanese Programme Conference 2022 November: Ecological Impacts of Proposed Jonglei Canal; National Identity Crisis; Communal Conflicts and the Peace in South Sudan

Towards Nationhood: Challenges & Opportunities for Achieving Unity & Nationhood in South Sudan

Promoting Knowledge and Understanding of Sudan and South Sudan. The Programme's remit is above politics, ethnicity and religion.

ZOOM Webinar 2021.09.23

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