South Sudan becomes the world’s newest country this weekend. For Guernica Magazine, I interview Rebecca Hamilton, author of Fighting for Darfur and the Washington Post’s special correspondent on Sudan, about the violence leading up to South Sudan’s secession, the possibility of ethnic cleansing in Southern Kordofan, what the Darfur advocacy movement still means, and how not to exploit anonymous, sad-looking refugees on the cover of books. Read it here.
