The Attentive Post – Independence Politics of Fanatical National Identity Glitches in the Sudan and South Sudan

The Study Sought to examine the Attentive Post – Independence Politics of Fanatical National Identity Glitches in Sudan and South Sudan in examine the national identity glitches in Sudan and South Sudan in the post independent period. The study analyzes the differences in handling of national identity problems by the leaders of Sudan and South Sudan in the post independence period. The researcher consulted the existing literature on national identity politics counting Robinson, 2019, Anderson, 2006, Guba and Lincoln, 1991, Deng 1995, Sharkey 2008, and Shepherd 1966. The study used the qualitative comparative research design consisting of in depth interviews carried out in South Sudan. The study employed the random sampling which was used to choose the local population and convenient sampling because of access and availability issues. Purposive sampling was used to select the officials, heads of local government and elders. One set of semi structured questionnaires with open and close ended questions were used. The statistics were computed with the help of the statistical packages for social scientists SPSS, 0.2 version . The study found that there were differences and similarities between Sudan and South Sudan post independent period. The politics in Sudan was basically grounded on the north south divide which had features on religion, ethnicity, and Arab Africa differences on culture social cultural factors which influenced the way people from the south were marginalized, forced to embrace Arabic language, education, social injustices, economic alienation which made the southern Sudanese feel were not true citizens. In South Sudan there was ethnic tribes where the dominant tribes who were involved in the War with the north felt that they were privileged as opposed to the less dominant tribes. The study further found out that there were significant similarities on national identity problems. There were issues over the economic marginalization, social injustice, political exclusion, and alienation, conflicts which culminated into armed conflict, inequalities in education, and the divided society where there were unity problems. The study concluded there were clear differences and similarities in handling of national identity problems by the leaders of Sudan and South Sudan in the post independence period. The differences in handling national identity in Sudan were majorly on religious basis Sharia Law , the institutions that were built in north were north south divide, the north south divide and the constitution in Sudan did not lay enough grounds to incorporate the participation of the southern Sudanese into their constitution. In South Sudan, the handling of national identity issues was grounded and backed by the leaders who had participated in the fight for independence. The study recommends for national identity and national integration approaches applied in both Sudan. Ajang J. Atem "The Attentive Post – Independence Politics of Fanatical National Identity Glitches in the Sudan and South Sudan" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-8 | Issue-2 , April 2024, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd64753.pdf Paper Url: https://www.ijtsrd.com/humanities-and-the-arts/political-science/64753/the-attentive-post-–-independence-politics-of-fanatical-national-identity-glitches-in-the-sudan-and-south-sudan/ajang-j-atem