National Archives of South Sudan

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The National Archive of South Sudan is the state archive of South Sudan . It has its central location in Juba and is being set up with Norwegian support.

The archive consists of tens of thousands of documents of the Sudanese and South Sudanese government since the time of the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan (1900), from the period of the Republic of Sudan (جمهورية السودان Jumhūrīyat as-Sudan) and the civil wars ( First Sudanese Civil War الحرب الأهلية السودانية الأولى 1955–1972; Second Sudanese Civil War الحرب الأهلية السودانية الثانية 1983–2005) until the late 1990s. The archival holdings, some of which are still to be developed , are the responsibility of the Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports in Juba.

history

The National Archives emerged from the work of Enoch Mading de Garang , who, since his tenure as Regional Minister of Information, Culture, Youth and Sports (from 1976), developed the idea for an archive of the South Sudanese political movements. Enoch Mading built up the archive and, at the suggestion of the historian Robert O. Collins, also included the administrative files of Southern Sudan. The Archives Department was founded in 1977 as part of the Ministry of Information and Culture .

Government records suffered badly in the First and Second Sudanese Civil Wars. Many documents were destroyed by heat, termites, water, fire and incorrect treatment. Many of these archive materials were kept in the Southern Records Office in Juba ( Southern Sudan Autonomous Region (1972-83) under Douglas H. Johnson ). During the Second Sudanese Civil War (1983-2005) these documents were again scattered, neglected and in some cases willfully destroyed.

Storage tent of the South Sudan Archive, Juba, 2010.

Authority over the archives was transferred from the state of Central Equatoria to the government of South Sudan after the peace treaty was signed. First rescue measures for the archival material began in 2005, during the peace period based on the peace treaty, with the support of the US Ambassadors' Cultural Fund . In this context, a storage tent was set up near the administrative headquarters of Central Equatoria State in Juba, where documents from the archives were collected that were largely disordered ("in a disordered state").

In 2010, the British Institute in Eastern Africa (BIEA) and Rift Valley Institute (RVI) started a second phase of emergency conservation and digitization. Among other things, archive boxes and digitization equipment were delivered and training for digitization techniques and archiving was carried out for local employees. A third phase, funded by Michigan University and conducted by the Rift Valley Institute, followed in 2013 and continued the work that had begun.

At the independence ceremony of South Sudan in Juba 2011, Pa'gan Amum Okiech , the then General Secretary of the Sudanese People's Liberation Movement (SPLM), announced that the flag of Sudan , which was removed during this process, should also be kept in the National Archives in memory of the “shared history “(common history) with the neighboring country.

The project received support from the Government of Norway for the construction of a permanent South Sudan National Archive Building . The Norwegian government and the Dutch Prince Claus Foundation gave funds to renovate a temporary building in Munuki , Juba. The construction of the new archive was scheduled for July 2014 to July 2015. However, construction was delayed from 2013 to 2018 by the civil war in South Sudan .

collection

The archive's holdings begin in the early 1900s and extend into the 1990s. Most of the files come from previous local administrations in South Sudan, including monthly diaries and annual reports, inspection reports, district and provincial reports, receipts and general correspondence.

Tarikh Tana (Our Story)

In November 2017, the documents of the National Archives were presented on the radio broadcast Tarikh Tana (Our Story). The radio program was broadcast in five parts by Eye Radio (98.6 FM) in Juba. The program was supported by the South Sudan Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports , the Rift Valley Institute and UNESCO, and with funding from Norway. The first episode was hosted by Rosemary Ochinyi and focused on documents related to the convictions of the Torit Mutineers , the second showed an excerpt from the Gospel of Mark from a 1952 Bible; and the third episode featured an Instructional Pamphlet on Malaria in Bor Dinka from 1948. The fourth episode focused on the 1967 document An Appeal by the Peace Delegation to the Anyanya . The last part dealt with the document The functions of the leopard-skin chief , a selection of laws of the Nuer which had been commissioned by the colonial authorities in 1944.

"[ Deng Nhial Chioh , an anthropologist and cultural heritage expert] stated that the term leopard skin chief is an incorrect translation of Kuaar Muon , which means" earth keeper "in Nuer. "The word chief was put in there, which is incorrect," said Mr. Nhial. “The office of Kuaar Muon is very independent and very unique. he is a peacemaker and a facilitator, he can use some curses, and whenever a person kills another, [that person] will flee to Kuaar Muon. ""

The radio programs were accompanied by traveling public exhibitions in Juba.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Rift Valley Institute (RVI): National Archive of South Sudan . www.riftvalley.net. 2008.
  2. ↑ a b c d Christopher Gallien Tounsel: 'God will crown us': The Construction of Religious Nationalism in Southern Sudan, 1898-2011. PhD dissertation (History), University of Michigan 2015.
  3. ↑ Robert Oakley Collins (1933-2008) was a historian with a focus on the history of Sudan. He traveled to southern Sudan with his wife in 1976 and, together with Mading de Garang, looked for ways to collect, secure and archive materials related to the history of southern Sudan. This should become part of the Southern Sudan Historical Retrieval Project . Collins visited officials and scholars and made an inventory of district records and filing systems. Robert Oakley Collins . Durham University Library Special Collections Catalog. 1997.
  4. ^ Skye Wheeler: Documents for Sudan's disputed border lost. In: Reuters, Juba, South Sudan September 25, 2007.
  5. ↑ Douglas H. Johnson was currently in the Southern Records Office in Juba, a predecessor of the National Archives of South Sudan. Douglas Johnson: Talking their Language: A Rare Language Exam from the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. Sudan Studies. 2004, 32. Johnson described the current effort in The Revival of the Southern Sudan's Archives. In: Sudan Studies. 2011, 43: 28-36.
  6. ^ National Archive of South Sudan . Rift Valley Institute (RVI). 2008.
  7. ^ Nicki Kindersley: South Sudan National Archives: New country, New Paperwork . The Imperial and Global History Network. March 14, 2014.
  8. ↑ Douglas Johnson: 2004 | title = Talking their Language: A Rare Language Exam from the Anglo-Egyptian Sudan | url = | journal = Sudan Studies | volume = 32
  9. ^ The US Ambassadors Fund for Cultural Preservation Annual 2005/2006 Report . US Department of State, 2006, p. 17.
  10. ^ National Archive of South Sudan . Rift Valley Institute (RVI). 2008.
  11. ^ Pascal Fletcher: South Sudan's history emerges - from a tent. Reuters May 24, 2014.
  12. ^ National Archive of South Sudan . Rift Valley Institute (RVI). 2008.
  13. ↑ Abdullahi Gallab: Their Second Republic: Islamism in the Sudan from disintegration to Oblivion . Ashgate, Burlington, VT 2014, p. 180.
  14. ^ Gregg Carlstrom: South Sudan celebrates 'new beginning'. Aljazeera. July 9, 2011.
  15. ^ Norway Offers National Archive to South Sudan. Catholic Radio Network, South Sudan, South Sudan July 11, 2011.
  16. ↑ United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS): National Archives of the Republic of South Sudan Design Brief. UNOPS April 29, 2013.
  17. ^ National Archive of South Sudan . Rift Valley Institute (RVI). 2008.
  18. ^ UNESCO Office in Juba: National Archives . UNESCO.
  19. ↑ Timothy Godfrey: Timothy Godfrey spoke at the July NSW Branch meeting on his experience as a records manager with the UN Peacekeeping Mission in South Sudan. In: Australian Society of Archivists NSW Branch Newsletter. 2016: 3.
  20. ↑ Florence Miettaux: Tarikh Tana (Our History): A radio series about the South Sudan National Archives . The Rift Valley Institute. 1st November 2017.
  21. ↑ Florence Miettaux: Tarikh Tana (Our History) part 1: The Sentencing of the Torit Mutineers . The Rift Valley Institute. November 6, 2017.
  22. ↑ Florence Miettaux: Tarikh Tana (Our History) part 2: The Gospel of St. Mark in Bari . The Rift Valley Institute. November 13, 2017.
  23. ↑ Florence Miettaux: Tarikh Tana (Our History) part 3: Instructional pamphlet on malaria in Bor Dinka . The Rift Valley Institute. November 13, 2017.
  24. ↑ Florence Miettaux: Tarikh Tana (Our History) part 4: 1967 Appeal by the peace delegation to the Anya Nya . The Rift Valley Institute. 29th November 2017.
  25. ↑ [Deng Nhial Chioh, an anthropologist and heritage expert,] explained that the term leopard-skin chief was an incorrect translation of Kuaar Muon , which means 'earthly custodian' in Nuer. 'They put the word Chief there, which is not correct,' said Mr Nhial. 'The office of Kuaar Muon is very independent and very unique, he's a peace maker and a mediator, he can profess some curses, and whenever a person kills another person, [that person] will run to Kuaar Muon.' Florence Miettaux: Tarikh Tana (Our History) part 5: 1944 The functions of the leopard-skin chief. RVI: The Rift Valley Institute riftvalley.net December 6, 2017.
  26. ↑ RiftValleyInstitute: #SouthSudan National #archives public pop-up exhibition at Customs Roundabout in #Juba drawing big crowds. 931435609385852928, November 17, 2017.

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