{"product_id":"the-nuer-nation-socio-economic-and-cultural-change-9781763683945","title":"The Nuer Nation Socio-Economic and Cultural Change","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Gabriel Gai Riam\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Africa World Books Pty Ltd\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Africa World Books Pty Ltd\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBIOGRAPHICAL NOTE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe author of this book, Rev. Dr. Gabriel Gai Riam, is a scholar who\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehas lived through three cultures: indigenous African life, Arabs Sudan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand the Western Christian tradition. He went to formal school as an\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eadult after spending most of his childhood practicing his native Nuer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eculture, observing norms and traditions, looking after livestock. He\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eprogressed to higher levels of education one could cherish in life.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHis experiences have involved executive and administrative roles and\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eduties; both in public and private sectors. Long serving civil servant in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethe field of local government both in the Sudan and South Sudan, Riam\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehas been involved in relief work, a Pastor of Presbyterian Church of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSouth Sudan, Commissioner at Jonglei State headquarters and Minister\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003efor Parliamentary and Cabinet Affairs. While writing this text, he has\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ebeen the Secretary General of the Nuer Leadership Peace Forum, the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ehighest institution overseeing the affairs of all Nuer community in\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSouth Sudan.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDr. Riam has also authored Christian-Muslim relations in Sudan\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e(2022); Contribution of Religious Leaders in the Conflict Resolution\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eInitiatives in Jonglei State - South Sudan (doctoral thesis, 2017). With\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethis wealth of experience, he writes this third book as principal of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNuer self-government with a firm knowledge of the Nuer culture\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eand its entanglement with external ethos of the globalized world.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe text is written from African perspective with the aim of\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003epositioning Nuer cultural life. The text brings better\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eunderstanding of the Nuer culture that may strengthen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ecross-culture relations and develop positive strategies that would\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eengage indigenous and external traditions.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Africa World Books Pty Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47968257704087,"sku":"9781763683945","price":1446.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781763683945.webp?v=1782917299","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-nuer-nation-socio-economic-and-cultural-change-9781763683945","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}