A history of South Sudan
Subtitle: from slavery to independence
By: Øystein H. Rolandsen, M.W. Daly
Contributors: Daly, M. W., author
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 171
ISBN-13: 9780521116312; 9780521133258
Subjects: Politics and government; History
Description: The first general history of this new country, established in 2011 after two wars, which has since reverted to a state of devastating civil strife. 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. 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: the land and peoples of the upper Nile; title: Ivory and slaves: the nineteenth century; title: The second Turkiyya, 1898-1953; title: The curse of colonial continuity, 1953-1963; title: The First Civil War, 1963-1972; title: Regional government: from one civil war to another, 1972-1983; title: Eclipsed by war, 1983-1991; title: Factional politics, 1991-2001; title: Making unity impossible, 2002-2011; title: Independent South Sudan.