Sudan and South Sudan From One to Two

The Republic of Sudan that emerged from the end of British rule in 1956 was a construction of colonialism with deep cultural divisions between those in the culturally Arab and religiously Islamic north and those in the primarily black African south. The history of Sudan since independence has been marked by two long and bloody civil wars and resulted in the secession of South Sudan in 2011. But both nations continue to face significant political and socio-economic challenges, while South Sudan is plagued by armed rebellion and political corruption.
This moving and important volume by Sudan's former Minister of Culture and Information provides a factual and personal account of the break-up of Sudan. It lifts the veil on the country's often difficult past, exploring its troubled postcolonial history, and looks to the future in an attempt to provide solutions for both Sudan and South Sudan's many challenges.

Bona Malwal is a visiting academic at St. Antony's College, University of Oxford, UK. He is the former Minister of Culture and information as well as a former member of Parliament in Sudan. He is the founder and editor of two daily English language news papers in Khartoum since 1965 as well as the founder of The Sudan Democratic Gazette, an exile publication for the Sudanese opposition based in London and which has been operating since 1990. He is also the author of three previous on Sudan, People and and power in Sudan; Sudan: second Challenge to Nationhood and The Comprehensive Peace Agreement 2005: A Critique. Bona holds a Diploma in Journalism from Indiana University, USA and an MSc in Journalism and International Relations from Columbia University, USA. He was held as a prisoner of conscience for 14 months under President Jaafar Mohammed Nimieri's military regime in Sudan between December 1982 and April 1984 and was one of the founders and Secretary General of The Southern Front between October 1964 and November 1968. Bona Malwal has been a critic of all governments which have ruled Sudan since independence up until the country broke into two separate states in 2011. He has been one of the architects and proponents of the right of the people of South Sudan to self-determination.

Introduction: Liberation or Political Realism?
1. South Sudan: The Beginning of The Struggle for Political Emancipation; 1947-2004
2. Northern Sudan and South Sudan: Denying The South Autonomy Led to Independence
3. The Anya-Nya Liberation Movement: 1955-72
4. The Southern Front and Self-Determination: 1964-2005
5. The Nimeiri Regime and the Oil Debate: 1980-83
6. South Sudan And The June 1989 Islamic Revolution in Sudan
7. The Sudan People's Liberation Movement And Army: As Liberators and as Rulers