num_pages: 274
description: Chiefs in South Sudan have become the focus of much attention in recent years as national and international policy-makers attempt to build peace and design structures of government in the newly independent nation. This book addresses a significant paradox in African studies more widely: if chiefs were the product of colonial states, why have they survived or revived in recent decades? This study will be of particular importance not only to scholars of Sudan, of Africa and of local governance, but also to policy-makers and practitioners working in South Sudan. Published in association with the British Institute in Eastern Africa.
title: Dealing with Government in South Sudan: Histories of Chiefship, Community and State
publisher: James Currey