South Sudan

Books in this genre are set in or about South Sudan.

A Long Walk to Water
There Is a Country: New Fiction from the New Nation of South Sudan
They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky: The True Story of Three Lost Boys from Sudan
What Is the What
First Raise A Flag: How South Sudan Won the Longest War but Lost the Peace
Emma's War
Walking the Nile
Beneath the Darkening Sky
Edo's Souls
Sooley
Making Peace & Nurturing Life: A Memoir of an African Woman About a Journey of Struggle and Hope
Children are Diamonds
A Poisonous Thorn in Our Hearts: Sudan and South Sudan's Bitter and Incomplete Divorce
God Grew Tired of Us: A Memoir
War Child: A Child Soldier's Story
Sketches from the Periphery by M.P. SummersWhere Tomorrow Leads by DiAnn MillsSeason of Migration to the North by Tayeb SalihThe Wedding of Zein by Tayeb SalihThe Sudan Handbook by John Ryle
Sudan and South Sudan
79 books — 37 voters

Blood River by Tim ButcherDark Star Safari by Paul TherouxSo Many Africas by Jill KandelKilimanjaro and Beyond by Barry FinlayJourney Without Maps by Graham Greene
Adventure Travel & Exploration In Africa
227 books — 121 voters
Simply Effective by Ron AshkenasHarvard Business Review Leader's Handbook by Ron AshkenasBelieve In Yourself And Your Dreams by Emmanuel DeanFrom Broken to Loved Again by Emmanuel DeanWrapped Up in You by Carole Matthews
African Romances
89 books — 6 voters

Blood River by Tim ButcherThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverKing Leopold's Ghost by Adam HochschildNo Mercy by Redmond O'HanlonPeaceland by Severine Autesserre
Central Africa
114 books — 71 voters
Binti by Nnedi OkoraforWho Fears Death by Nnedi OkoraforThe City of Brass by S.A. ChakrabortyA Master of Djinn by P. Djèlí ClarkAlif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson
SF & F Atlas - Africa
57 books — 17 voters


Philip Gourevitch
“ The West's post-Holocaust pledge that genocide would never again be tolerated proved to be hollow, and for all the fine sentiments inspired by the memory of Auschwitz, the problem remains that denouncing evil is a far cry from doing good. ...more ”
― Philip Gourevitch, We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda

Duop Chak Wuol
“ Teaching ethics (moral philosophy) to current South Sudanese politicians, especially those affiliated with SPLM-IG, would be like teaching advanced calculus tricks to a financial expert who is notorious for looting public funds. ”
― Duop Chak Wuol

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