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I'm currently an undergrad and have spent the last two years intensively researching South Sudan. A few months ago a few South Sudanese in Washington DC approached me about writing a book about the current conflict there. Since then, I've interviewed survivors of the 2013 ethnic cleansing, military commanders, government officials, rebel leaders, American diplomats, NGO workers, and human rights advocates in my research for this book. I'm currently traveling through East Africa meeting with rebel officials and filming interviews with peace negotiators and getting some on-the-ground experience in South Sudan. I've been doing a bit of freelance writing through my travels as well. I wanted to know if I should bother writing the book in the sense of would any publisher/ agent be interested in a book about African conflict written by an undergrad? Or will I end up writing it because I can't bring myself to give up and have to self-publish/ give out free pdfs?