The Attempt to Stay

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The Attempt to Stay is written by Valerie Hänsch and published by Berghahn Books. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1805396242 (ISBN 10) and 9781805396246 (ISBN 13).

The construction of the Merowe Dam along the Nile in northern Sudan flooded local villages and forced thousands of inhabitants to flee to higher ground. Despite the radical social and environmental transformations and an uncertain future, the Manasir have tried to continue their peasant way of life and resisted relocating to state-run resettlement schemes. Rather than focusing on migration and resettlement, the author follows the people’s attempts to preserve their homeland and have meaningful lives along the emerging reservoir. The book grapples with the fundamental question of how to re-establish life in a world that is falling apart.