South Sudanese diaspora in global contexts

Abstract

On the 9 July 2011, the world witnessed the birth of its 193rd country – the Republic of South Sudan, which has since been engaged in the work of establishing itself as an independent state from Sudan after enduring almost five decades of civil war since 1956. The protracted conflict between north and south Sudan has created one of the largest populations of displaced people in the world. This volume considers the diverse and growing Sudanese and now celebrated as the South Sudanese diaspora in Australia and New Zealand, thus making a significant and timely contributing to the recent literature on current issues facing Africans in the diaspora from a global perspective.