In episode 7, Cara and Ed discuss the value of an official language in the modern nation state, how language influences identity and what the language situation is in South Sudan, from Juba Arabic to English and a bit of Swahili.

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South Sudan Civil Warhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84fjG22fCrE

Peace in South Sudanhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_lXeyYuOnk

South Sudan Traveloguehttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAH7UyI4mHM

Article on Language Policy in South Sudanhttps://foreignpolicy.com/2018/11/14/for-south-sudan-declaring-independence-from-arabic-is-not-so-easy-language-politics-juba-khartoum-english/