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OFEIBEA QUIST-ARCTON: The jolly team of nurses on night duty at the maternity wing at Juba Teaching Hospital cheers loudly and ululates, you know, that distinct hammering of the tongue against the side of the mouth. The midwives repeated the ritual every time they delivered one of the three baby boys born just after South Sudan became a brand new independent nation.
QUIST-ARCTON: This little boy you hear crying had only just been born. But the number one baby has already got his name.
Ms. JOSEPHINE SPINA: Independence.
Newly Born, South Sudan's First Steps Are Next : NPR: "Africa is celebrating the birth of the Republic of Southern Sudan. South Sudan waged a brutal and lengthy war of independence from the North and as the celebratory parades end, the country faces significant development challenges. NPR's Ofeibea Quist-Arcton reports." (NPR, OFEIBEA QUIST-ARCTON. July 10, 2011)
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http://www.npr.org/2011/07/10/137742798/newly-born-south-sudans-first-steps-are-next?ft=1&f=1004
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