Recently returned from her third trip to the war-torn region of south Sudan, 66-year-old film legend Mia Farrow is consumed with shining a light on the struggles of the people to gain independence from the north. This past January, south Sudan voted to secede, following a 22-year conflict which killed two million people before a peace deal brought about a fragile calm in 2005. But still unresolved is the issue of the border region of Abyei, which is claimed by both the southern Ngok Dinka, who live there permanently, and the Misseriya, northern nomadic cattle-herders who move to the area during dry months. Brutal clashes have kept Abyei from holding a vote to decide its future, but Farrow is hoping to celebrate with the Ngok Dinka if and when the dust finally settles.
