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South Sudan became Africa's newest nation in 2011, following decades of armed conflict. Chiefs - or 'traditional authorities' - became a particular focus of attention during the international relief effort and post-war reconstruction and state-building. But 'traditional' authority in South Sudan has been much misunderstood. Institutions of chiefship were created during the colonial period but originated out of a much longer process of dealing with predatory external forces. This book addresses a significant paradox in African studies more widely: if chiefs were the product of colonial states, why have they survived or revived in recent decades? By examining the long-term history of chiefship in the vicinity of three towns, the book also argues for a new approach to the history of towns in South Sudan. Towns have previously been analysed as the loci of alien state power, yet the book demonstrates that these government centres formed an expanding urban frontier, on which people actively sought knowledge and resources of the state. Chiefs mediated relations on and across this frontier, and in the process chiefship became central to constituting both the state and local communities. Cherry Leonardi is a Lecturer in African History at the University of Durham, a former course director of the Rift Valley Institute's Sudan course, and a member of the council of the British Institute in Eastern Africa. Published in association with the British Institute in Eastern Africa.

Chiefdoms --- Chieftaincies --- Chieftainships --- Political anthropology --- Sudan --- Politics and government. --- History. --- South Sudan --- Republic of South Sudan --- Southern Sudan --- Suid-Soedan --- Republiek van Suid-Soedan --- Südsudan --- جنوب السودان --- Janūb al-Sudān --- Sudán d'o Sud --- Sudán del Sur --- República de Sudán del Sur --- Югалъулаб Судан --- I︠U︡galʺulab Sudan --- Cänubi Sudan --- Lâm Sudan --- Lâm Sudan Kiōng-hô-kok --- Паўднёвы Судан --- Paŭdni︠o︡vy Sudan --- Рэспубліка Паўднёвы Судан --- Rėspublika Paŭdni︠o︡vy Sudan --- Habagatan Sudan --- Republika nin Habagatan Sudan --- Južni Sudan --- Republika Južni Sudan --- Džanūb as-Sūdān --- Soudan ar Su --- Susoudan --- Republik Soudan ar Su --- Южен Судан --- I︠U︡zhen Sudan --- Република Южен Судан --- Republika I︠U︡zhen Sudan --- Sudan del Sud --- República del Sudan del Sud --- Кăнтăр Судан --- Kăntăr Sudan --- Jižní Súdán --- Republika Jižní Súdán --- De Sudan --- Sydsudan --- Republikken Sydsudan --- Republik Südsudan --- Shádiʼááhjí Soodą́ą --- Lõuna-Sudaan --- Lõuna-Sudaani Vabariik --- Νότιο Σουδάν --- Notio Soudan --- Δημοκρατία του Νότιου Σουδάν --- Dēmokratia tou Notiou Soudan --- Sud-Sudano --- Suda Sudano --- Sudán del Sul --- Hego Sudan --- Hego Sudango Errepublika --- Suðursudan --- Lýðveldið Suðursudan --- Soudan du Sud --- République du Soudan du Sud --- Sud-Soudan --- Súd-Sûdan --- Súdáin Theas --- Poblacht na Súdáine Theas --- Toodaan Yiass --- Pobblaght ny Soodaan Jiass --- Sudan-a-Deas --- Sudán do Sur --- República de Sudán do Sur --- Sudan Selatan --- Republik Sudan Selatan --- Suður-Súdan --- Lýðveldið Suður-Súdan --- Sudan Meridionale --- דרום סודאן --- Derom Sudan --- Darom Sudan --- Etelä-Sudan --- Southern Sudan (Sudan) --- Chiefship. --- Colonial. --- Community. --- Governance. --- Government. --- Independence. --- Military rule. --- Postcolonial. --- South Sudan. --- State.