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Douglas H. Johnson - South Sudan: A New History for a New Nation - 9780821422427 - V9780821422427
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South Sudan: A New History for a New Nation

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Description for South Sudan: A New History for a New Nation Paperback. 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.

Series: Ohio Short Histories of Africa. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBS; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 110 x 179 x 12. Weight in Grams: 188.
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, ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Ohio University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Ohio Short Histories of Africa
Condition
New
Weight
187g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Athens, United States
ISBN
9780821422427
SKU
V9780821422427
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99-50

About Douglas H. Johnson
Douglas H. Johnson is a Fellow of the Rift Valley Institute, a historian of Sudan and South Sudan, and an award-winning author and editor. He was a consultant during the Sudan peace talks and a member of the Abyei Boundaries Commission.

Reviews for South Sudan: A New History for a New Nation
It is a challenging intellectual responsibility to write a `new history for a new nation,' but it is difficult to imagine anyone better qualified to do it than Douglas Johnson. In this brief book Johnson not only covers the entire sweep of the history of southern Sudan from the ancient period to the present day but evokes with precision and ... Read more

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