South Sudan: Birth of a Republic

Daniella Zalcman

After 56 years of bloody conflict, Sudan has split into two. Its southern portion — Texas-size, oil-rich and primarily Christian and animist — has broken away from the Arab-populated northern region to form Africa's 54th state. Daniella Zalcman a New York–based freelance photographer captured the joyful spirit that marked the new nation's independence day.

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What most of us failed to understand or overlooked about the Southern Sudan Story is the concept of the ‘Original Sinner’. All we hear is the barbaric war that and the final “happy ending?”, the jubilation ‘savage like natives’ in Juba.
1.      WHO COLONISED THE SOUTHERN SUDAN IN THE FIRST PLACE? – Great Britain!!!
2.      WHO COLONISED HAS SOWED THE SEED OF DISCORD & HATRED BETWEEN THE ‘NATIVES’ UNDER THE DEMONIC AGENDA OF DIVIDE AND RULE POLICY? – Britain!!!
3.      WHO ARROGANTLY & FOOLISHLY MADE THAT COSTLY MISTAKE OF FORCING THE SOUTHERN ANIMISTS AND THE NORTHERN ARAB- MUSLIMS DESCENDANT TO LIVE IN AN IMAGINARY HELL ON EARTH CALLED BRITISH PROTECTORATE OF SUDAN? – England!!!
4.      WHO SUPPLIED THE WEAPONS FOR THE 60 YEARS WAR THAT COST OVER 1 MILLION ‘CHEAP’ AFRICAN LIVES? –London!!!
5.      WHO IS THE ORIGINAL DEVIL & SINNER? – English man!!!
6.      Who created several other Southern Sudans in Kashmir, Nigeria, India, Ache, Plastine, etc. ?
Please Daniella Zalcma don’t just make money on the ‘cheap’ blood of the Africans but have the moral obligations to tell the story so as save the world another blood bath & ‘Happy endings’. Dr. S. Bakri from Nigeria

Dr. S. Bakri
07.26.11 at 03:50

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A slideshow of images from Sudan, from photographer Daniella Zalcman.
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Daniella Zalcman is a freelance photographer based in New York City and currently working for The Wall Street Journal. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, The New York Daily News, Sports Illustrated, Vanity Fair, and New York Magazine.
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