GRAZING IN THE SUN Near a swampy river a Dinka family wakes up with the January sun Hundreds of white long-horned cattle begin to stir The family rubs ash from the night’s fires onto their skin to protect against mosquitoes The women milk the cows before the men take the herds to graze Children collect cattle dung for fire fuel 4
OTHER TOP SITES BOMA NATIONAL PARK CATHEDRAL OF ST MARY MOUNT KINYETI WHITE NILE ARM CURLS Dinka herders cut their cattle’s horns into shapes to tell the herds apart The herders copy the shape of the horns with their arms as they move among the cattle This shows which cattle belong to them The herds return to camp in the late afternoon The tribe relaxes with music and storytelling after eating a meal Fire smoke keeps mosquitoes away as children curl up among the cattle to sleep This is South Sudan 5
LOCATION South Sudan is a landlocked nation located in east central Africa The country lies just north of the equator It was once part of Sudan which lies to the north Ethiopia is South Sudan’s neighbor to the east Kenya Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo line the southern border The Central African Republic sits to the west At 248,777 square miles 644,329 square kilometers South Sudan is slightly smaller than Texas The capital city of Juba sits on the Nile River in the southern part of the country 6 CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
SUDAN WAU SOUTH SUDAN MALAKAL JUBA ETHIOPIA DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO UGANDA KENYA DAY AFTER DAY Juba is only 336 miles 541 kilometers north of the equator Because it is so close to the equator the seasons and hours of daylight change very little during the year 7
