This textbook in history is primarily intended for secondary schools in
South Sudan. The focus is on the history of South Sudan, and is in this
sense a pioneer work since it is the country's first secondary school
book dealing primarily with the history of the South. Even though the
focus is on South Sudan its history cannot be interpreted in a vacuum,
and particularly North-South relations are discussed extensively in the
book. Secondary school students in Sudan have either studied the history
of Kenya and Uganda, or the history of North Sudan since no history book
for South Sudan has existed. The book may also be of interest to
academics, politicians, historians and college and university students
as well civil society groups such as churches, youth and women's groups.