Naomi Pendle

Deep in Warrap State’s wetlands, land that is used for grazing even in the driest season, the thickly wooded higher land, surrounded by rich marshes, once supported the homes of many families.  Just twenty years ago, there had been homesteads

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If you turn up beyond the bustle of the market in Wau and bear slightly left as if turning to the Governor’s home, you find yourself tracing the edge of the red walls of the University of Bahr el-Ghazal.  Its

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At this time of year, tall, green grasses conceal the shallow swamp that stretches out on the far west side of the village of Pinydit leading to the bend in the River Jur as it swerves to avoid Gogrial Town. 

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On South Sudan’s first day of independence, the dawn chorus was a splattering of gunfire resounding around the villages.  The popping AK47s answered the tutterings of the machine guns.  The assorted sounds added to the unique harmony of that Saturday

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By Naomi Pendle If you walk to the far side of the market, beyond the large cauldrons of cooking broth and the boys who can fix your peddle bike, you come to the village auction beneath an aging tree.  As

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A Comment on Internal Conflict Naomi Pendle Warrap State, May 2011 As we sit on crafted goatskin chairs in a rural Dinka market the teenage boy proudly greets us.  Despite his dust covered shirt and naked feet, over his shoulder

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