The Borderlands of South Sudan

1. Introduction: Negotiating Borders, Defining South Sudan
Mareike Schomerus, Lotje Vries, Christopher Vaughan

2. Too Much Water under the Bridge: Internationalization of the Sudan—South Sudan Border and Local Demands for Its Regulation
Øystein H. Rolandsen

3. Unclear Lines: State and Non-State Actors in Abyei
Joshua Craze

4. Pastoralists, Conflicts, and Politics: Aspects of South Sudan’s Kenyan Frontier
Immo Eulenberger

5. The Nuba Political Predicament in Sudan(s): Seeking Resources beyond Borders
Guma Kunda Komey

6. Alternative Citizenship: The Nuer between Ethiopia and the Sudan
Dereje Feyissa

7. The Rizeigat—Malual Borderland during the Condominium: The Limits of Legibility
Christopher Vaughan

8. Pulling the Ropes: Convenient Indeterminacies and the Negotiation of Power at Kaya’s Border Checkpoint
Lotje Vries

9. State-Making and Emerging Complexes of Power and Accumulation in the Southern Sudan–Kenyan Border Area: The Rise of a Thriving Cross-Border Business Network
Anne Walraet

10. Labor and the Making of Central African Borders
Edward Thomas

11. Whatever Happened to the “Safe Havens”? Imposing State Boundaries between the Sudanese Plains and the Ethiopian Highlands
Wendy James

Avainsanat: History, African History, Political History, Development Studies, African Politics, Development Policy, Imperialism and Colonialism