South Sudan: Anthem-ready or pre-failed state?
South Sudan is scheduled to have a referendum in January 2011 to decide whether they want to remain part of Sudan, or become a separate nation.
According to Elizabeth Dickson, writing for the Foreign Policy Blog:
South Sudan is utterly unprepared for independence. . . Many Sudan watchers are already labeling it a “pre-failed state.”
But the South Sudan National Anthem Committee has already launched a competition for submissions for its national anthem. Hip Hop artist K Deng is among those preparing an anthem.