{"product_id":"9780994363176","title":"My Journey Through Turbulent Times of Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e With the publication of this book, Professor Martin Marial Takpiny\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehas joined the rank of the very few South Sudanese public fi gures\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ewho understand and appreciate the importance of their personal\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eexperiences in public life as a resource that can be shared. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmong his South Sudanese peers, the author is likely to evoke in the reader a sense of vicarious “participation” in the narratives and events retold here, or a twinge of nostalgia or sadness as individual cases may dictate. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs for the younger generation and posterity or readers from different cultural or ethnic backgrounds, some of the episodes will certainly provide them with first hand “report” from an eye-witness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book is a welcomed contribution – to some extent – to the understanding of the social and political evolution of the society of South Sudan, the world’s youngest and struggling nation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMARTIN MARIAL TAKPINY was born in 1940 in Yirol\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDistrict of what is today the state of South Sudan. He received\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eprimary and secondary education in Tonj and Rumbek in Bahr\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eel Ghazal Province. After teaching for years, Marial went to the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAmerican University in Beirut which awarded him bachelor and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003emaster degrees in education.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBack home from the Levant, Martin Marial Takpiny became a\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003esecondary school teacher and later lectured on Education at the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003enew University of Juba. At the close of the last century, he was\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epromoted Associate Professor and Dean of the newly created University of Bahr el Ghazal, based in Wau, the region’s capital.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetween the Sudan’s civils wars – from 1955 to 1972 and from 1983 to 2005 – Martin Marial Takpiny ventured into politics during which time he was elected to the People’s\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRegional Assembly, the legislature of self-governing Southern Region. He later served briefly as commissioner of his Lakes home province.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a school teacher and university lecturer, Martin Marial Takpiny has taught many students, some of them now among South Sudan’s ruling elites – in politics, military,\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBusiness, academia, medicine and the like. His former students include the late Dr John Garang, the late SPLM\/A leader, James Wani Igga, South Sudan’s Vice-President and numerous prominent public figures among his compatriots.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eProfessor Martin Marial Takpiny is married to Susan Ajak Simon Ngong. They have six daughters and a son.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaving patially lost his eyesight due to diabetes, he depends on audio books instead of reading, previously one his favourite hobbies.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Africa World Books Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49808032497904,"sku":"9780994363176","price":11.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780994363176","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}