A History of South Sudan
From Slavery to Independence

South Sudan is the world's youngest independent country. This book provides a general history of the new country.

Øystein H. Rolandsen (Author), M. W. Daly (Author)

9780521116312, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 4 July 2016

200 pages, 1 map
23.5 x 15.7 x 1.5 cm, 0.4 kg

'This is an important book because it provides a new look at how South Sudan emerged as political and administrative entity and why it separated from Sudan. It will be of interest to students of history at universities and may be one of the important history reference books of the new country.' Luka Kuol, Director, Centre for Peace and Development Studies, University of Juba, South Sudan

South Sudan is the world's youngest independent country. Established in 2011 after two wars, South Sudan has since reverted to a state of devastating civil strife. This book provides a general history of the new country, from the arrival of Turco-Egyptian explorers in Upper Nile, the turbulence of the Mahdist revolutionary period, the chaos of the 'Scramble for Africa', during which the South was prey to European and African adventurers and empire builders, to the Anglo-Egyptian colonial era. Special attention is paid to the period since Sudanese independence in 1956, when Southern disaffection grew into outright war, from the 1960s to 1972, and from 1983 until the Comprehensive Peace of 2005, and to the transition to South Sudan's independence. The book concludes with coverage of events since then, which since December 2013 have assumed the character of civil war, and with insights into what the future might hold.

1. Introduction: the land and peoples of Upper Nile
2. Ivory and slaves: the nineteenth century
3. The second Turkiyya, 1898–1953
4. The curse of colonial continuity, 1953–63
5. The first civil war, 1963–72
6. Regional government: from one civil war to another, 1972–83
7. Eclipsed by war, 1983–91
8. Factional politics, 1991–2001
9. Making unity impossible, 2002–11
10. Independent South Sudan.

Subject Areas: Political oppression & persecution [JPVR], Regional government policies [JPRB], 21st century history: from c 2000 - [HBLX], 20th century history: c 1900 to c 2000 [HBLW], African history [HBJH]