SKU: 80409340543

South Sudanese Past Notes & Records

Sale price$15.30 Regular price$17.00
Save 10%

Pay in installments of $4.25 with ShopPay, AfterPay and Klarna

Shipping Estimate
USA
  • USA
  • CAN

Ships within 48 hours · Estimated delivery Aug 2 - Aug 7

Promo Codes Available:

For Your Every Summer RSVP, with Code: SUMMER15

Description

South Sudanese Past Notes & RecordsThis collection of articles first appeared in The Pioneer weekly newspaper. Its founding editor, Atem Yaak Atem, invited me to contribute a weekly column of historical pieces that we decided to entitle "Past Notes and Records". Back in the early 1980s when we were colleagues in the Regional Ministry of Culture and Information I had written a series of articles called "The Streets of Juba" for The Southern Sudan Magazine, which Atem had also founded.

This collection of articles first appeared in The Pioneer weekly newspaper. Its founding editor, Atem Yaak Atem, invited me to contribute a weekly column of historical pieces that we decided to entitle "Past Notes and Records". Back in the early 1980s when we were colleagues in the Regional Ministry of Culture and Information I had written a series of articles called "The Streets of Juba" for The Southern Sudan Magazine, which Atem had also founded. In those articles I gave brief biographies of some of the famous South Sudanese after whom some of Juba's main streets had been named, and in many ways "Past Notes and Records" is a continuation and expansion of that earlier series.
The pieces are intended to inform and to stimulate discussion and debate. The history of South Sudan has been a neglected subject. Much of the academic history about South Sudan has been written about foreign rulers rather than about South Sudanese communities and individuals. The history of South Sudan and South Sudanese was not included in the Sudan school syllabuses and is usually excluded from the general political histories of Sudan. There is still no reliable textbook on South Sudanese history for use in its schools. South Sudanese may know something about the past of their own communities, but few have had the opportunity to learn much about the broad history of their nation or how it fits into the wider region.
The columns in this collection were originally addressed to a South Sudanese readership, and it is primarily for that readership, both at home and abroad, that they are republished here. This book is neither a comprehensive overview of South Sudan's past, nor a record of the most important events or historic personalities. It is more like a selection of snapshots from a family album. The re-discovery of the past and the writing of history is a never-ending process. This booklet is only a beginning, a small offering to mark South Sudan's achievement of independence. It is an open invitation to South Sudanese to research and write more about their own past.
The author
Dr Douglas H. Johnson is a scholar specialising in the history and affairs of Sudan and South Sudan. He is a Fellow of the Rift Valley Institute. Dr Johnson's contacts with the two countries go back to more than four decades ago, beginning with time as a graduate student of prophecy among the Nuer people in the 19th and 20th centuries. His field work concentrated in central Upper Nile Province. In mid-1970s young Johnson joined the Regional Ministry of Culture and Information in Juba as assistant director for archives, a position in which he collected and classified documentary material from provincial capitals of the Southern Region. The files were later housed in Juba. Over the years, the historian has tirelessly worked with institutions and recently with the Government of South Sudan for the establishment of a national archive in Juba. Dr Douglas Johnson became a member of the Abyei Boundary Commission following the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement that ended the Sudan's armed conflict in 2005. He is an author and editor of several books on Sudan and South Sudan. Among these are The Root Causes of Sudan's Civil Wars, Nuer Prophets: A History of from the Upper Nile in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, The Upper Nile province Handbook (editor). The last tome has been reissued as a paperback by the African World Books, the publisher of this volume.



Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Africa World Books Pty Ltd
Published: 12/14/2015
ISBN: 9780994363121
Pages: 218
Weight: 0.64lbs
Size: 8.27h x 5.83w x 0.50d
Shipping Notes
  • Free Standard Shipping on $100+ Orders to the USA.
  • Except Preorder products are shipped in 48 hours.
  • Delivery to the USA:
  1. Standard Shipping : 3-10 business days
  • If time is of the essence, please consider selecting expedited delivery for faster service.
Exchange/Return Notes
  • We offer a 30-day return/exchange service after receiving.
  • Final sale items are not eligible for returns or exchanges.
  • To process your return/exchange, please contact us at [email protected]
  • Please click here for more details>>> Return & Exchange Policy
SKU: 80409340543

Discover Niche Categories That Outsell

Top-Converting Item to Boost Your Average Order

4.6 ★★★★★
Based on 20 reviews
Sort
Highest Rating
Newest First
Oldest First
Product Reviews
R
Verified Purchase
Rob F
Boise, US
★★★★★ 4
Definitely worth having the peace of mind of the support from the Asurion team.
Good value and mostly worry free. Took several more steps to complete than originally described. I had to resubmit material and pictures a few times before everything was finally accepted, but in the end I was satisfied with the results.
WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL?YesReportShare
Reviewed in the United States on February 13, 2024
D
Verified Purchase
DTrain's Wife
Omaha, US
★★★★★ 5
So worth it - painless
I decided to get the extended warranty for my Black & Decker hand vac. When it stopped holding the charge, I reached out to Asurion. First of all, I love how I don’t have to search through papers and emails to try to find my warranty. It’s right in my Amazon purchases. They immediately started a conversation via text message with me. It was so straightforward to get the information to them. Then they sent me a return label, then Bada Bing, Bada Bang, I sent back my malfunctioning hand back, and they sent me an Amazon gift card. I use the gift card to purchase a New Hands back because I can’t live without it. Everything went so smoothly and it was so quick I highly recommend it for any electronics that you rely on and you would replace if it became inoperable.
WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL?YesReportShare
Reviewed in the United States on September 15, 2023
T
Verified Purchase
tunemansmom
Omaha, US
★★★★★ 5
Asurion warranty was very easy to use when my product failes. Very happy with their warranty
Asurion warranty was very easy to use when my product failed. Very happy with their warranty. Bought a black and decker extended warranty on a floor sweeper.
WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL?YesReportShare
Reviewed in the United States on December 15, 2024
J
Verified Purchase
jcd-apple
Carnegie, US
★★★★★ 5
Did the right thing to resolve my issue.
Covered my cost with little hassle. Started down the path of going back to manufacturing company but decided to just do a refund. The product was a floor vac that died.
WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL?YesReportShare
Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2025
D
Verified Purchase
DazzlingTam-20
Boise, US
★★★★★ 5
Purchase this warranty!
unbelievably fair and reasonable with refunds! Will use forever!
WAS THIS REVIEW HELPFUL?YesReportShare
Reviewed in the United States on March 27, 2026

recommand products