THE STRUGGLE FOR SOUTH SUDAN The Autobiography of Gordon Muortat Mayen - Hardcover

by Aly Verjee (Editor)

Father, policeman, administrator, politician, minister, freedom fighter,

refugee: Gordon Muortat Mayen lived a full life. In this gripping accountspanning more than 50 years, Muortat retells his journey from schoolboyto president of South Sudan's provisional government to life as a refugeein Zaïre, Belgium, and the UK. Engaging, thoughtful, and at timeshumorous, Muortat's personal history is inextricable from the history ofSouth Sudan's liberation." Gordon Muortat Mayen is the embodiment of a genuine SouthSudanese patriot, astute politician, visionary, and revolutionary.He has written an honest, detailed, and multi-faceted politicalhistory of the South Sudanese struggle for independence. This isa must read memoir! "- Scopas Poggo, Author of The First Sudanese Civil War: Africans, Arabs and Israelis in the Southern Sudan, 1955-1972Aly Verjee is a researcher and mediator. He has followed Sudan since 1998, andlived in Juba and Khartoum between 2005 and 2011.