ABSTRACT
This chapter investigates the processes of forced migration trajectories change for South Sudanese citizens who were previously considered to be Sudanese citizens and have remained residents of Khartoum’s shantytowns since South Sudan’s independence in 2011. The emphasis of the chapter will be on the everyday experiences and practices of South Sudan communities in Khartoum. The contribution argues that there are currently two types of citizenship for the Southern Sudanese communities in Khartoum – legal citizenship and ‘community’ citizenship – and that this has allowed considerable numbers of people who do not enjoy legal citizenship to survive and support their social lives through community citizenship. ‘Community citizenship’ status differs from legal citizenship in terms of its dynamics and evolution, by which it is negotiated, constructed, and communicated through the interactions of Southern Sudanese people on a daily basis. To what extent does this community citizenship give these people what they need, and to what degree can it protect them? This is the question this chapter will attempt to answer. The chapter concludes that community citizenship forms a meaningful substitute for legal citizenship.
