Camps In Kenya Research Articles

Nuer Journeys, Nuer Lives: Sudanese Refugees in Minnesota

Foreword to the Series. Acknowledgments. 1.Introduction. The Nuer. The War in Sudan. The Context of Fieldwork. 2.Nuer Journeys: War, Flight, and Resettlement. The International Refugee Problem. The War in Southern Sudan. The Camps in Kenya. Applying for Resettlement. 3.The Birth of a Getting Started in the United States. Patterns of Resettlement. Nuer in Minnesota: An Overview. Becoming a Community. The Basis of Nuer Community in Sudan. Transformations in Minnesota. Mutual Assistance Associations. 4.Jobs, Welfare, College, and Cars. Lifestyle. Economic Life. Making a Living. A Car Is a Bad Cow. Conclusion. 5.Gender, Genderation, and Family Change. Nuer Family Life in Sudan. Refugee Flight and the Nuer Family. Changing Gender Relations in Minnesota. From Domestic Conflict to Domestic Violence. Discussion. Children's Issues. Parental Guidance. Older Children and Youth. School. Starting Families in the United States. Conclusion. 6.Nuer Refugees in the American The American Community and Its Response. Understanding the Nuer. American Images of the Nuer: Race and Refugees. Formal Contexts of Interaction. Nuer Refugees in American Churches. Transforming Americans. Conclusion. 7.Looking Forward. References.

Human Activities and Site Formation at Modern Lake Margin Foraging Camps in Kenya

Interpretation of archaeological sites with predominantly freshwater fish and reptile remains has been impeded by lack of documentation of how humans process such vertebrates, of bone modifications resulting from such handling, and of physical characteristics of sites produced by these activities. We report on 19 contemporary foraging camps on the shore of Lake Turkana, Kenya, with the creation, abandonment, and resulting faunal assemblages of 7 of these more closely described. Variable processing activities created a range of site structures but cross-assemblage regularities in patterns of bone surface modification and element frequencies are perceptible. Most sites were very large, with special-purpose activity areas peripheral to the main residential area. Site structure and size depended mainly on specific subsistence activities carried out and features of the camp locale rather than upon the number of occupants or duration of occupation. Sites can be classified as base camps or as fish production camps, with consistent differences in site structure and bone assemblage characteristics.

UNHCR's Cross Border Operation in Somalia: The Value of Quick Impact Projects for Refugee Resettlement*

In 1992, faced with mass movement of Somali refugees to its camps in Kenya, UNHCR mounted a Cross Border Operation based on the concept of creating a preventive zone along the Somali border. Within this zone, a programme of Quick Impact Projects was set up, aimed at preventing new refugees and facilitating repatriation. This report describes and evaluates the operation, and concludes that despite difficulties it was effective.