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
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
Sooley
Wrapped Up in You by Carole MatthewsTinderbox by Rachel  GrantThe Rival in South Africa by Liz AldenThe Sweetest Remedy by Jane IgharoJana Goes Wild by Farah Heron
African Romances
34 books — 1 voter
Things Fall Apart by Chinua AchebeThe Poisonwood Bible by Barbara KingsolverHalf of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieHeart of Darkness by Joseph ConradCry, the Beloved Country by Alan Paton
Africa (fiction and nonfiction)
1,845 books — 1,730 voters

Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El SaadawiAya by Marguerite AbouetNervous Conditions by Tsitsi DangarembgaSeason of Migration to the North by Tayeb SalihThe Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba
Tour d'Afrique
71 books — 21 voters


Duop Chak Wuol
The Republic of South Sudan does not belong to a particular tribe—it belongs to all tribes of South Sudan; those who think so should think coherently. The truth is, tribalism kills and destroys.
Duop Chak Wuol

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