A South Sudanese film maker has been nominated for an African filming award due to take place in Egypt by the end of this month. Continue reading Film Maker Alex Joseph to represent S Sudan at LAFF 2021
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Lifestyle
Why a young lady wants to stop skin lightening
Rita James, 25, is advocating for a stop to skin lightening after using skin lightening creams for seven years.
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‘King of Sudanese jazz’ dispels rumours of his death
A popular Sudanese musician Sharhabil Ahmed was forced to deny his death after rumours about his demise went viral in Sudanese societies this morning. Continue reading ‘King of Sudanese jazz’ dispels rumours of his death
Visually impaired Dhieu finally secures a job after Eye Radio’s interview
A qualified young man whom employers turned away because of his blindness will soon land his hands on a job after a civil society organization promised one. Continue reading Visually impaired Dhieu finally secures a job after Eye Radio’s interview
Degree holder finds joy in making chapatis
Kemis Emmanuel Yokwe studied to be a teacher, but the salary was very low, so he decided to do what he had always wanted to do: start a street food business in the capital of South Sudan -Juba. Continue reading Degree holder finds joy in making chapatis
Prof. Taban Lo Liyong retells 4 millennia Greek story for new generation
“How could Troy hope to become cultured overnight? How could the raiding, grabbing, snatching of Helen confer upon them the title of refinement? Did they think they would enjoy the fruits of Achaian civilization without sweating, without shedding tears, gnashing teeth? Can a palace be civilized and a state call itself civilized while its populace and countryside is barbaric?”
This is an excerpt from page 145 of a book ‘After Troy’ –where Professor Taban Lo Liyong takes the reader back 4 millennia into Greek history, to decipher the symbolic language of Homer’s tales: Illiad, the story of the destruction of Troy by war.
The book-length poem is an expansive and engaging elaboration of two classical Greek texts, Homer’s Odyssey and Aeschylus’s Oresteia.
In it, Professor Taban Lo Liyong asserts that knowledge, truth, and morality exist in relation to culture, society, or historical context and that they are not absolute.
“Since we now live in the 21st century we need to be relativistic. This is where the concept of the paradigm shift comes in: stand firmly in your century but also cast your mind back to those events which supposedly took place in the ‘pagan’ world of Greece 4,000 years ago. Make allowances for the level of ‘civilization’ and its different morality then………” the renown poet writes.
In the book’s afterward, Professor Lo Liyong states that “Many epochs have passed, and humanity everywhere has faced similar existential problems. What were these problems called, in the eras before ours? Are we now struggling with creating new names for them which our tongues can pronounce but our minds struggle to conceive? Isn’t that what we mean when we say ‘the Greeks had a name for it’?
On Friday, November 27, 2020, Professor Taban Lo Liyong – A south Sundanese poet, and writer of fiction and literary criticism –launched his new brainchild – ‘After Troy’.
The Professor is known for his political views, as well as his ongoing denigration of the post-colonial system of education in East Africa -which have inspired criticism and controversy since the late 1960s.
Professor Lo Liyong sat down with Eye Radio’s Okot Emmanuel to speak about the new book:
‘After Troy’ has been described in the introduction as having the ability to constantly invite the reader to connect the past and present and to be in touch with believes and practices throughout the world…..the time travel ranges far beyond ancient times and includes reference to Michelangelo, Gadaffi, camera and rockets.
Model Nyakim Gatwech
You might have heard of the phrase, “black like jet” or the adjective “jet-black”, meaning as dark a black as possible. Continue reading Model Nyakim Gatwech
Youth advised to study if they can
Rather than idling in the neighboring countries, please go to school rather, the governor of Eastern Lakes State has advised South Sudanese Continue reading Youth advised to study if they can
Woman arrested for bottling and selling ‘fake’ alcohol
A woman suspected of brewing illicit liquor in Juba has been arrested, the Deputy Mayor of Juba City Council has said.
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Waragi challenge leaves Juba man dead
A 41-year-old man has died after his friends challenged him to drink 10 bottles of Uganda Waragi for a monetary reward. Continue reading Waragi challenge leaves Juba man dead