A History of South Sudan: From Slavery to Independence
Cambridge University Press, 10/27/2016
EAN 9780521116312, ISBN10: 0521116317
Hardcover, 200 pages, 22.9 x 15.2 x 1.9 cm
Language: English
Originally published in English
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.