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
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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
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226 books — 120 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
113 books — 70 voters

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
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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
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Philip Gourevitch, We Wish to Inform You That Tomorrow We Will Be Killed With Our Families: Stories from Rwanda

Duop Chak Wuol
The mentality of who is your uncle—an ethnocentric way of thinking, is one of the leading causes of South Sudan’s internal conflicts.
Duop Chak Wuol

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