Invisible Bridge
An African Journey through Cultures
Francis Deng was in his second year in 1959-60, one of only four or five Southern law students. He was one of the favoured sons of Deng Majok, the well-known Paramount Chief of the Ngok Dinka, the only Nilotic people to live in Northern Sudan. Francis was quite short for a Dinka, only about six-foot, but he was recognizably Nilotic and, without putting on airs, had a dignified aristocratic bearing. He spoke very good English and Arabic and, in some respects, became a leader of the whole class, not just the few Southerners, for instance, leading an expedition to Germany during a long vacation. Oliver Farran and I encouraged him to gather infor…
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Produktdetails
- ISBN: 978-0-648-96987-7
- EAN: 9780648969877
- Produktnummer: 36232164
- Verlag: Africa World Books Pty Ltd
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2021
- Seitenangabe: 486 S.
- Masse: H23.5 cm x B15.7 cm x D3.5 cm 1'189 g
- Abbildungen: HC gerader Rücken kaschiert
- Gewicht: 1189
Über den Autor
about the authorFrancis Mading Deng is currently Deputy Rapporteur of South Sudan National Dialogue and Roving Ambassador.He formerly held the positions of Sudan's Ambassador to the Nordic countries, Canada and the United States; Sudan's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs; the first Permanent Representative of South Sudan to the United Nations; Special Representative of the UN Secretary General on Internally Displaced Persons; and Special Advisor of the Secretary General for the Prevention of Genocide. He holds an LL. B (Honours) from Khartoum University and an LL. M and J.S.D (Doctor of Juridical Science) from Yale University.He has authored or edited over forty scholarly books on a wide variety of subjects and two novels on the crisis of identity in theSudan, and has held positions in leading American universities and think tanks.
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