South Sudanese Canadians are
Canadian
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...
of
South Sudan
South Sudan (; din, Paguot Thudän), officially the Republic of South Sudan ( din, Paankɔc Cuëny Thudän), is a landlocked country in East Africa. It is bordered by Ethiopia, Sudan, Central African Republic, Democratic Republic of the C ...
ese
ancestry
An ancestor, also known as a forefather, fore-elder or a forebear, is a parent or (recursively) the parent of an antecedent (i.e., a grandparent, great-grandparent, great-great-grandparent and so forth). ''Ancestor'' is "any person from whom ...
or a South Sudanese who has
Canadian citizenship
Canadian nationality law details the conditions in which a person is a national of Canada. With few exceptions, almost all individuals born in the country are automatically citizens at birth. Foreign nationals may naturalize after living in Ca ...
. South Sudanese Canadians can also include children born in Canada to a Canadian parent and South Sudanese parent. South Sudanese
Canadians immigrated to Canada in the 1980s and 1990s as refugees from
Second Sudanese Civil War
The Second Sudanese Civil War was a conflict from 1983 to 2005 between the central Sudanese government and the Sudan People's Liberation Army. It was largely a continuation of the First Sudanese Civil War of 1955 to 1972. Although it originate ...
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Notable people
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Bol Kong
Bol Kong (born January 4, 1988) is a former South Sudanese-Canadian professional basketball player who played one year for the Ottawa SkyHawks of the National Basketball League of Canada (NBL).
Early life
Kong was born on January 4, 1988, in Ka ...
, professional basketball player
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Tut Ruach
Tut Ruach (born April 30, 1985) is a Canadian former basketball player. Starting his professional career in 2009, he was named NBL Canada All-Star in 2012. Ruach played college basketball for York University and competed for Father Michael Goetz ...
, professional basketball player
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Mangisto Arop
Mangisto "Manny" Arop (born October 1, 1990) is a South Sudanese-Canadian professional basketball player who last played for Finke Baskets of the ProA. He is a 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) tall small forward/ shooting guard.
College career
Arop pla ...
, professional basketball player
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Emmanuel Jal
Emmanuel Jal (born Jal Jok 1 January 1980) is a South Sudanese-Canadian artist, actor, former child soldier, and political activist. His autobiography, ''War Child: A Child Soldier's Story'', was published in 2009.
Childhood
Jal was born to ...
, musician, actor, former child soldier, and political activist
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Reema Major
Reema Major (born June 26, 1995) is a Sudanese-Canadian rapper. She is signed to a joint-record label venture with G7 Records / Universal Music Canada / Cherrytree Records / Interscope Records
Early life
Reema Major was born in Khartoum, Suda ...
, rapper
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Adongo Agada Cham
*Amanie Illfated, singer, model and activist
See also
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South Sudanese Americans
South Sudanese Americans are an ethnic group of Americans of South Sudanese ancestry, or South Sudanese people who have American citizenship. South Sudanese Americans can include American descendants to South Sudanese ancestors or South Sudanese ...
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South Sudanese Australians
South Sudanese Australians are people of South Sudanese ancestry or birth who live in Australia.
Demographics
Following South Sudan's independence in July 2011, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) included the country amongst the country ...
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Sudanese Canadians
Sudanese Canadians include Canadians of Sudanese ancestry and Sudanese immigrants to Canada. They include refugees from the Second Sudanese Civil War. The Canada 2016 Census recorded 19,960 people who reported their ethnicity as Sudanese.
See als ...
References
{{South Sudanese diaspora
Ethnic groups in Canada
African Canadian
South Sudanese diaspora