My Journey Through Turbulent Times Of Life

with The Publication Of This Book, Professor Martin Marial Takpiny Has Joined The Rank Of The Very Few South Sudanese Public Fi Gures Who Understand And Appreciate The Importance Of Their Personal Experiences In Public Life As AResource That Can Be Shared.  Among His South Sudanese Peers, The Author Is Likely To Evoke In The Reader ASense Of Vicarious ?participation? In The Narratives And Events Retold Here, Or ATwinge Of Nostalgia Or Sadness As Individual Cases May Dictate.  As 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 EyewitnessThis Book Is AWelcomed 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 NationMartin Marial Takpiny Was Born In In Yirol District Of What Is Today The State Of South SudanHe Received Primary And Secondary Education In Tonj And Rumbek In Bahr El Ghazal ProvinceAfter Teaching For Years, Marial Went To The American University In Beirut Which Awarded Him Bachelor And Master Degrees In EducationBack Home From The Levant, Martin Marial Takpiny Became ASecondary School Teacher And Later Lectured On Education At The New University Of JubaAt The Close Of The Last Century, He Was Promoted Associate Professor And Dean Of The Newly Created University Of Bahr El Ghazal, Based In Wau, The Region?s CapitalBetween The Sudan?s Civils Wars ?From To And From To ?Martin Marial Takpiny Ventured Into Politics During Which Time He Was Elected To The People?s Regional Assembly, The Legislature Of Selfgoverning Southern RegionHe Later Served Briefly As Commissioner Of His Lakes Home ProvinceAs ASchool Teacher And University Lecturer, Martin Marial Takpiny Has Taught Many Students, Some Of Them Now Among South Sudan?s Ruling Elites ?In Politics, Military, Business, Academia, Medicine And The LikeHis Former Students Include The Late Dr John Garang, The Late Splma Leader, James Wani Igga, South Sudan?s Vicepresident And Numerous Prominent Public Figures Among His CompatriotsProfessor Martin Marial Takpiny Is Married To Susan Ajak Simon NgongThey Have Six Daughters And ASonHaving Patially Lost His Eyesight Due To Diabetes, He Depends On Audio Books Instead Of Reading, Previously One His Favourite Hobbies.
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