This introductory essay to a selection of African Affairs articles on South Sudan documents the critical contributions of empirically rich and analytically rigorous research, highly relevant to understanding South Sudan’s crisis, led by South Sudanese scholars. This contrasts with journalism and advocacy on South Sudan, which has been notoriously ill-informed and simplistic.
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Introduction: Making Sense of South Sudan
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/afraf/adw069
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