Granville High School Global Awareness Research

Resources on South Sudan

African Resources

RESEARCH GUIDES

Studying Africa: A Guide to the Sources   Andersson, Marianne, ed. Studying Africa: A Guide to the Sources, 3rd ed. Uppsala: Nordiska Afrikainstitutet, 2014.

A Guide to Africa on the Internet is a free research-oriented online resources selected by the Nordic Africa Institute’s (NAI) Library staff.  This guide is regularly updated and is a thorough resource to African Studies research.  Nordiska Afrikainstitutet

GENERAL SOURCES

The African Union  The African Union (AU) replaced the Organization of African Unity (1963–2002) in 2002.  AU promotes unity and solidarity of African states, encourages economic development, and endorses international cooperation. 

Africa Bibliography is an authoritative guide to works in African studies published under the auspices of the International African Institute annually since 1984. This online consolidated version brings together every record collected since the bibliography's foundation, producing a rich and interactive resource for all scholars interested in the study of Africa.

CountryWatch database provides country specific background information, current events, global maps, governmental data, and political documents.  This database contains daily news and statistics on cultural, economic, demographic, political, and social topics.

JSTOR is a digital library of academic journals, books, primary sources, and research reports. This database contains resources from the arts, humanities, social sciences, sciences, and other academic fields. JSTOR’s primary source collections include “Struggles for Freedom: Southern Africa” and “World Heritage Sites: Africa.”

Selected Articles

Lack of Education

The contribution of the diaspora to the reconstruction of education in South Sudan: The challenge of being involved from a distance Scopus®

Focused Ethnographic Research on Teaching and Learning in Conflict Zones: History Education in South Sudan.   Complementary Index

The Situation of Street Children in Selected Cities of South Sudan: Magnitude, Causes, and Effects   ProjectMUSE

 

Starvation

Effects of the current crisis and war in South Sudan on access to forest foods in Greater Akobo. Environment Complete

SOUTH SUDAN: Catastrophic Food Shortages. Business Source Complete

SOUTH SUDAN: Food Security Warnings  Academic OneFile

 

Pollution of Rivers

 

Applying spatial regression to evaluate risk factors for microbiological contamination of urban groundwater sources in Juba, South Sudan.  Environment Complete

Effectiveness of emergency water treatment practices in refugee camps in South Sudan  Scopus®

Water and sanitation hygiene in South Sudan: What needs to be done to bridge the gap? Directory of Open Access Journals

Vaccinations

Cholera vaccination in Africa. CINAHL Plus

Perceptions of oral cholera vaccine and reasons for full, partial and non-acceptance during a humanitarian crisis in South Sudan  Scopus®

Articles: Effectiveness of one dose of oral cholera vaccine in response to an outbreak: a case-cohort study  ScienceDirect

 

Unemployment

 

Assessing the performance of the least developed countries in terms of the Millennium Development Goals. Criminal Justice Abstracts

Putting the capacity into capacity building in South Sudan. CINAHL Plus

The Reality of Petroleum Resource Curse in South Sudan: Can this be avoided? Complementary Index

 

Homelessness

 

Towards a countertopography of intimate war: contouring violence and resistance in a South Sudanese diaspora Social Sciences Citation Index

“We want empowerment for our women”: Transnational Feminism, Neoliberal Citizenship, and the Gendering of Women’s Political Subjectivity in Postconflict South Sudan JSTOR Journals

Youth Culture, Refugee (Re)integration, and Diasporic Identities in South Sudan. Complementary Index

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