War and Peace Legend of Apuk Giir

By Thiik Mou Giir

This war and peace legend have inspired song makers, singers, storytellers, spiritual leaders, and the general public of Apuk Giir.

For centuries, it has been transmitted through oral tradition. It is now time for it to be passed on through books and through

electronic means. Whether or not it would be adapted as a tool that could br

• Language: English
• Publisher: Africa World Books Pty Ltd
• Release date: Sep 24, 2020
• ISBN: 9780648969853

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© Thiik Mou Giir, 2020

ISBN: 978-0-6489698-8-4

ISBN: 978-0-6489698-5-3 (e-book)

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This book is sold subject to the conditions that it shall not, by way of trade or otherwise, be lent, re-sold, hired out or otherwise circulated without the publisher’s prior consent in any form of binding or cover other than in which it is published and without a similar condition including the condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser.

Design and typesetting: Africa World Books

For Adeng and Aween Giir

Contents

Acknowledgements

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War and Peace The Legend of Apuk Giir

Chapter One: The Arrival of a Stranger

Chapter Two: A Mystery in Apuk’s Grassland

Chapter Three: A Revelation of the Deadly Mystery

Chapter Four: A Day of Reckoning

Chapter Five: An Everlasting Gift of the Lion to the People of Apuk

Chapter Six: he Impact of War and Peace Legend

References

Acknowledgements

I am grateful to those of you who read my articles on social media. You have been my valuable critics. You have never held back your contributions to the topics that the articles have raised. As much as you have been learning from me, I have been learning from you. Furthermore, some of you have requested that I write books. Africa World Books Pty Ltd publisher, Mr. Peter Lual Reech Deng, being one of you. Once I decided to have this book published, I requested photos from you to help illustrate the book. Kuot Madut Awer, Makeny Agoth Giir, David Kuel, Awan Mading and others, provided me with the kind of photos I needed. Then, a colleague and a friend of mine, Naim Abdelahad, offered to make sketches of the photos provided. Thank you all for having worked with me to produce this legend in a book form.

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