Southern Sudan is the youngest country in Africa, having gained independence from the Republic of Sudan in 2011.
Home to Anok Yai, the world’s most beautiful and expensive fashion model, the country is landlocked and is slightly smaller than the State of Texas.
One of the world’s greatest supermodels, Adut Akech, traces her roots to Southern Sudan.
It has a population of 10M+ people, represented in diverse ethnic groups, with the Dinka tribe as the largest.
The Dinka community is made up of some of the tallest native Africans, and they trace their history hundreds of years ago, not only in Southern Sudan, but also along the Nile.
They are a pastoralist community and have evolved ideologies on domesticating cattle over the decades.
The capital city of Southern Sudan is Juba.
The Lapsset Corridor, which is Eastern Africa’s most ambitious infrastructure project is a transportation line that will connect Kenya, Ethiopia, and Southern Sudan
Beautiful Melanin
Southern Sudan is a country rich in oil production, beautiful people, and rich melanin. The country split from Sudan, the largest and most geographically diverse country in Africa. It is made of 60+ different ethnic groups, who still follow their traditional way of life.
