Rebel fighters in the Nuba mountains of the South Kordofan area in Sudan. Credit Goran Tomasevic/Reuters MAYOM WEL, South Sudan — On a recent blistering afternoon, this village danced in an open field. Women sashayed, hoisting chairs over their heads. Barefoot children scampered.

Old men, with skin as dry and cracked as the bark of a savanna tree, jabbed rifles toward the burning sky. “We are not cowards, we do not fear!” cried out the local commissioner, Awet Kiir Awet. “Contribute food, contribute money,” he urged the crowd. South Sudan’s years of conflict were meant to be over when it won its independence from last July after generations of fighting with the people of the north.

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But the jubilation quickly faded, and now, not even a year later, after weeks of pointed barbs and border skirmishes, this vast and vastly underdeveloped country is once again mobilizing for war — and asking some of the poorest people on earth to pay for it, with whatever they have at hand. The villagers stepped forward, one after another, volunteering packs of tobacco, sacks of flour, goats, peanuts and $2 in wrinkled bills — not small change here. At the same time, scores of young men from around the area enlisted to be infantrymen, eager to rush to the front. The United States, the African Union and the United Nations have pushed both sides to stop fighting, saying the last thing this region needs is another major conflict. Sudan and South Sudan have agreed in principle in recent days to return to the negotiating table, though officials from the South say Sudan has continued to bomb areas along the border. Most South Sudanese, including top officials, are now convinced that more fighting is not a question of if, but when. “Khartoum will definitely be attacking us,” said South Sudan’s vice president, Riek Machar, who is leading the nationwide mobilization effort.

“This is our history, this is our inbuilt way of coping with problems.” Photo. Sudanese rebels hold Jebel Kwo, a village in the province of South Kordofan. Fighting in the area began soon after South Sudan declared independence. Credit Goran Tomasevic/Reuters In Juba, South Sudan’s capital, government representatives move from hotel to hotel, compelling managers to donate 1,000 pounds each — about $370 — or essentials like charcoal and beans. In Rumbek, about 100 miles north, more than 850 young men signed up to join the army. In Warrap, a border state neighboring the contested region of Abyei, more than 3,000 young men have enlisted.