ABSTRACT
The Democratic Republic of the Sudan is the largest country in the continent of Africa. The boundaries of Southern Sudan and the neighbouring countries of Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Zaire and the Central African Republic were arbitrarily drawn by the imperial powers that colonized the Sudan and her neighbours. The climate of the Sudan may be described as tropical continental. The rainy season lasts for five to eight months in the south and for one to three months in certain parts of Northern Sudan. Whereas the Northern Sudanese defy any distinct racial classification, the inhabitants of the Southern Sudan are undoubtedly Negroid Africans. The Dinka form the largest single tribe, numbering over a million, and occupy a larger area than any other tribe in the Southern Sudan. In the extreme south-west of the country, are the Sudanic tribes who are composed of the Azande, the Ndogosere group, the Moru-Madi and the Bongo-Baka groups.
