The Idea of South Sudan: The History of Political Thought

The conflict over the identity of Sudanproduced two contradictory ideologicalvisions for what Sudan represented. Thedevelopment of political organizations inSouth Sudan during the period 1920s-1972 isthe history that this book attempts to relate.It is a history of political ideas that were lateron transformed into political and militaryorganizations each on its own ways tried toachieve what was the core of conflict that ispolitical and socio-economic identity for thepeople of South Sudan.