Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- THE STRUGGLE FOR CONTROL: THE SOUTHERN SUDAN TO 1898 -- The Nilotes -- The Central Sudanic Speakers -- The Azande -- The Invaders -- Baker on the Nile -- Gordon in Equatoria -- Gessi in the Ba?r al-Ghaz?l -- The Mahdist in the Southern Sudan -- THE PAX BRITANNICA: THE SOUTHERN SUDAN 1898-1955 -- The Arrival of the British in the Ba?r al-Ghaz?l -- British Pacification and African Resistance -- Accommodation and Resistance -- The Chief and His Court -- Southern Policy -- THE POLITICS OF CONFLICT: THE SOUTHERN SUDAN 1955-1972 -- The Disturbances of 1955 -- Independence -- The Government of General 'Abb?d -- The Transitional Government -- The Round Table Conference and its Aftermath -- The Anya-Nya -- The Azanian Liberation Front -- The Southern Sudan Provisional Government -- William Deng and the Southern Front -- General Numayri and the South -- FOOTNOTES