The work studies the spontaneous city spreading process of Juba after the civil war in South Sudan. The book presents the complex transformations of spatial, economic, family, religious and ethnic patterns within the new urban settings of post-war Juba. The presented material comes from the author's ethnographic research conducted in 2007-2008.

The subject of the study is the spontaneous city spreading process of Juba after the end of the civil war in South Sudan (2005). The book presents the complex dynamics of transformations within the new urban settings of post-war Juba. The viewpoint taken while describing these phenomena is the adaptation of an average migrant to a new urban environment. This was not an easy task. At that time the city was characterised by extremely harsh living conditions, harsh even for post-war South Sudan. Despite the difficulties, the city's development was visible. The phenomenon of borderlineness the closeness of the state's borders appeared to be helpful in this process. It influenced the effectiveness of human activities, it is an answer to the spontaneous city spreading processes it brought danger, but most of all, infinite possibilities. The presented material comes from the author's ethnographic research conducted in Juba in 2007 and 2008.

Autorentext

Maciej Kurcz, Ph.D hab., cultural anthropologist assoc. prof. at the University of Silesia in Katowice. His research interests lie in culture dynamics in modern Africa both in the context of rural societies and urban centres. He has been engaged in researching Sudan since 2000. He has written 50 papers on Sudan in Polish and English. He is currently working on an ethno-archeological project entitled Soba the Heart of the Kingdom of Alwä.

Inhalt

ethnology and cultural anthropology - ethnographic research - african studies - urban studies - South Sudan - urbanization