My response to Thiik Mou,
I read your article with attentiveness and to understand
what drive you airing this wonderful information to South Sudanese discussants
using the worldwide Technology realistically. I personally appreciated your
great insightful knowledge of our own problems that will take years before we
eradicate them out.
South Sudanese tribes
did struggled and contributed equally; Jieng participation is tantamount to the
contributions made by other sixty three tribes. We liberated this land jointly
and if anyone deny it, then you’re an enemy to our people. If I pay tribute to
Jieng people because it happens I belong to Jieng and pay no attention to other
tribes, that’s the mother of tribalism in this case. If Jieng joined the SPLA
in their huge number, this is because they are the largest tribes in South
Sudan, but still other tribes have room in the struggle.
For Jieng to be exceptionally smart and work with other
South Sudanese, we need to speak language of peace and keep the unity, dignity
and peace to develop South Sudan. I don’t think it’s a good idea when we ignore
the contributions made by South Sudanese as collective sacrifices for us to be
free as we debate. The freedom we both enjoy come from all our tribes, one
tribe won’t take an encomium and intimidating other tribes who did stood with
them until we all owned our nation.
Appropriately, if you hear the word, “We liberated you”, you
are also a liberator because one here and there within your family got killed
or maimed badly just to free our citizens from our oppressors. In 1969,
American Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon and this
placed the entire nation on the spotlight, it pleased the president who never
been on the moon. Not everyone joined and fought during the two civil wars, but
our strong men and women fought side by side as you had stated it noticeably. Words did a great damaged within our
societies and I regretted it personally, we must be very sensible in what we
say daily. Our leaders fought a venomous
war that is joined by South Sudanese citizens and our marginalized people from
all corners in the Sudan. The sixty four tribes are all champion to preserve
respect for their full contribution in the liberation of South Sudan.
There is no question if a Jieng person say, a massive number
of Jieng people joined the SPLA/M, they are also joined by other tribes when
the war message spread across the nation. A big number and small number joined
and fought until this nation is now controlled by South Sudanese, do we have
they names of our liberators?
What about those who fought a distance war?
We placed the name of Jieng in the darkness because we
praise ourselves too much and this had gone too far, the war was fought
cooperatively by all our tribes. We arrived here from a war fought by Jieng,
Shilluk, Murle, Nuer, and other tribes inclusive, I refuse to assent if Jieng people
claimed it on themselves.
I’m glad you mentioned Joseph Lagu, some people have known
him as a double traitor, but I don’t scapegoat them, they didn’t understand his
unforgettable contribution, it’s well-recorded. The struggle that led by Joseph
Lagu birthed the continuance of the SPLA/M which fought for our independence to
have a place we call home. Jieng people belittle Lagu and forgotten that Joseph
Lagu painted part of our written history including other eminent people, from
any tribe.
There are a good number from non-Jieng living here with me,
they don’t appreciate the work of Jieng people, we are corrupt, killers, and we
see others like they do not exist. It tarnished the good things we have done as
a people and this is hard for us to prove that we are not what they think as
described above. Jieng people need to try to find different path that is good
for South Sudanese, let not ask others to thank us forcefully, it doesn’t help.
If we continually feel ignorant to other tribes or not seeing good things they
have done over the years, it will cut and destroy our good relationship with
them.
Deify yourself, but it won’t take you forward, we never loss
anything if we strongly say thank you, we all did well, let us team up, we have
come from a long way to achieve this together. Very inclusive language promote
the unity and let people feel free, move freely, live freely, get help freely
and advancing together. It’s hard for someone to appreciate you when you don’t
recognise things that others have done; this is insignificant and very
dangerous in our communities, we need to let it go.
We will continue to criticizes or call ourselves different
names just to promote disunity because of the interest of one tribe, let learn
to say no and work as sixty four tribes, building one nation. Our own weakness come from what we say and do
to our own people, can we admit that?
To the surprise of many, South Sudan faced some serious
unsolved problems that will never place us on the way to unite and work as a
strong unit that doesn’t discriminate against its citizens. If Jieng now view
as a vehicle of domination by other tribes, how can we change the perception?
Singing song of we liberated you contributed to that liberation is gone badly
in our vigilant eyes. We only remain to
be loyal to some leaders that will continue to betray us because they are
Jieng, not workable. As a Jieng person,
let search ways to appreciate others, to include others, to respect them for
the reason that we did achieved freedom together.
Is it difficult to appreciate someone in our communities?
Let learn creatives’ way to appreciate those who had done good work in South
Sudan for us to see light. Jieng people or other South Sudanese should remember
that, appreciating others help us to owned the respect and enjoy gratefulness.
Appreciating others boost our relationship among ourselves for us to move
forward loving others, this alone kill the hatred and the way we see others
negatively.
Have blessing day,
Deng Madut.
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