South Sudan : A New History for a New Nation

Authors

Douglas H. Johnson

Files

Series

Ohio Short Histories of Africa

Description

Africa’s newest nation has a long history. Often considered remote and isolated from the rest of Africa, and usually associated with the violence of slavery and civil war, South Sudan has been an arena for a complex mixing of peoples, languages, and beliefs. The nation’s diversity is both its strength and a challenge as its people attempt to overcome the legacy of decades of war to build a new economic, political, and national future.

Most recent studies of South Sudan’s history have a foreshortened sense of the past, focusing on current political issues, the recently ended civil war, or the ongoing conflicts within the country and along its border with Sudan. This brief but substantial overview of South Sudan’s longue durée, by one of the world’s foremost experts on the region, answers the need for a current, accessible book on this important country.

Drawing on recent advances in the archaeology of the Nile Valley, new fieldwork as well as classic ethnography, and local and foreign archives, Johnson recovers South Sudan’s place in African history and challenges the stereotypes imposed on its peoples.

Copyright Statement

South Sudan © 2016 by Ohio University Press is licensed under Creative Commons License CC BY-NC-ND. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Language

eng

ISBN

9780821445846

Publication Date

11-15-2016

Publisher

Ohio University Press

City

Athens

Keywords

South Sudan, Sudan, African Studies, African History

Disciplines

African History | African Studies | Ethnic Studies | Growth and Development | Politics and Social Change

Creative Commons License

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.

Recommended Citation

Johnson, Douglas H., "South Sudan : A New History for a New Nation" (2016). Ohio University Press Open Access Books. 76.
https://ohioopen.library.ohio.edu/oupress/76