This is a well-documented account of what transpired.
In 1974, both governments in Cairo and Khartoum sat in a room and signed a paper. “The Sudd is wasting water. Let us dig a 360km canal from Jonglei to the Sobat. We will split the extra water 50/50.
The people of Twi East, Duk and Bor. The people whose cows drink from the toic. Whose fish breed in the Sudd. Whose history is written on water were never considered.
So, in 1974, mostly students of defunct Bor District in Juba protested over the project of canal were many of them were shot and killed by Khartoum government.
In 1978, the French company CCI shipped this behemoth from Pakistan. Guided by a laser beam, it dug 130 feet wide, 20 feet deep. It consumed 10,400 gallons of fuel a day.
However, history had already prepared a man, when a man decides to fight, he fights for something bigger than his village..
Dr. John Garang de Mabior was in Iowa State University at that time doing his PhD with thesis “Identifying, Analyzing and Evaluating Development options for The Jonglei area”. The very canal that wanted to kill his people.
the government's plan for the locals was nothing but "misery management." A few boreholes and schools to make people keep quiet while they steal Nile river to Egypt.
Dr. Garang decided to used Sudd as a yardstick.
In Nairobi, at UNEP headquarters, there was a group called the ELC. One Professor Richard Odingo of Nairobi University who in 1977 stood at a UN Conference and shouted, "Here is a canal being built that will make Africa's next desert!"
On October 1982, at the Royal Geographical Society in London, they held a meeting. Topic: "The impact of the Jonglei Canal." The white man who once wanted the canal now said, "Stop it”
When SPLA was formed on 16th May 1983 after the Bor Mutiny, the first military order was not to attack Juba. It was, Go and stop the Bucket Wheel.
In 1984, they chased the workers. CCI ran away. “makarawin” was left there, alone, rusting in the bush of Nyaken, birds nesting in its buckets. 260km of unfinished canal, disappearing under grass.
The Bucket Wheel did not cause the war alone. But it gave the war a story that the world could understand. It turned SPLA from "rebels" to "saviors of the world's largest wetland."
May the soul of a man who could have lived the life many of us only dream of, but chose instead a fight that forced him to leave his family behind.
Credit:Desmond D. Mabior.
The memories of the Liberation are still fresh in our minds. Let those who weren't bombarded by Antenove and who didn't walk miles without food or water read this book.
The Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) was the guerrilla army and founding military force of South Sudan, established in 1983 during the Second Sudanese Civil War.
The SPLA was formed in May 1983 after a mutiny by southern soldiers in Bor, Sudan; the late Dr. John Garang de Mabior led it. It fought a 21-year civil war against the central government in Khartoum to gain self-determination and rights for the people of southern Sudan.
The war ended with the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in 2005, which led to an autonomous Southern Sudan and, ultimately, South Sudan's independence in 2011.
This is where i was inspired to name my book after the great army that bore my country. I am a child born out of this.
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The Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) was the guerrilla army and founding military force of South Sudan, established in 1983 during the Second Sudanese Civil War.
The SPLA was formed in May 1983 after a mutiny by southern soldiers in Bor, Sudan; the late Dr. John Garang de Mabior led it. It fought a 21-year civil war against the central government in Khartoum to gain self-determination and rights for the people of southern Sudan.
The war ended with the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in 2005, which led to an autonomous Southern Sudan and, ultimately, South Sudan's independence in 2011.
This is where i was inspired to name my book after the great army that bore my country. I am a child born out of this.
The implementation of the ceasefire and the integration of ANYANYA guerillas into various security branches were among the most challenging tasks faced by both the national and regional governments. This R_TGONU, soldiers tend to be more loyal to their tribes than the state #XSS
The next generation is crucial. Have as many children as possible. #SSX
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This was a sad situation you could put both of yourself into, but it was worth it. The alarming rate of children without fathers begging on the streets of Juba is concerning.
#SSOX
Divorce by combat, the medieval way of ending a marriage
In medieval Germany, husbands and wives could settle their disputes through marital duels. The man fought with one arm tied behind his back in a hole, while the woman wore weighted clothing and used a sack filled with rocks as her weapon. If they couldn't resolve their differences peacefully, they would engage in the duel. The consequences were severe: the husband would be beheaded if he lost, and the wife would be buried alive.
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The country that was liberated by our fathers and mothers belongs to all of us. You are free to work anywhere to provide for your family.#XSSOT
"We all used to be called Garang's, but nobody can seem to remember who he was now😟
#SSOT
🫶🏿Loved every moment of this conversation with #NoSimpleWayHome Director @AdeMabior and @MsSarahChan of Nile Reflection Podcast.🇸🇸
It's currently streaming on all platforms!🙌🏿
Watch the conversation here▶ youtube.com/watch?v=Qn9ZYxa1…
#SouthSudan #SouthSudanese
Farming for Roads.
Despite the weather, things are heating up 🔥 in Wudi county, @iBinzhou, #Shandong province! Farmers are busy sorting and air-drying chili peppers 🌶️ in their courtyards. A courtyard filled with red peppers is a joyful sight indeed! #HarvestSeason #RuralVitalization
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Despite the weather, things are heating up 🔥 in Wudi county, @iBinzhou, #Shandong province! Farmers are busy sorting and air-drying chili peppers 🌶️ in their courtyards. A courtyard filled with red peppers is a joyful sight indeed! #HarvestSeason #RuralVitalization
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Good Innitiative. #SSOT
Sometimes, you have to accept that you can't be on the dancing floor forever.
Age transition is imminent. #SSOT
If you are within Nairobi, you are welcomes.
#SSOT
🔊Nairobi...🇰🇪
We'll be screening at @AlchemistBar254 from 7:30pm tomorrow!🙌🏾
Super excited to partner with Alchemist for this screening and we hope to see you there.
#SouthSudan #SouthSudanFilm
Bonds men used to have become weaker over the years.
Male friendships have become fickle, beset with drama that is typically unmanly.
#SSOT
Men, if you don't feel good about yourself on the inside, you can be given the whole world, and you will never be satisfied.
Ask President Trump
#SSOT
Heroes of our time.
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