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Date: Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 7:42 PM
Subject: RVI August Update
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The Rift Valley Institute is a non-profit organisation operating in Sudan,
the Horn of Africa, East Africa and the Great Lakes region.
The Institute works with communities, institutions and individuals to bring
local knowledge to bear on political and economic development.
RVI projects are designed to influence aid interventions, support local
research capacity, record and preserve indigenous culture and promote
freedom of information.
Fellows of the Institute, drawn from Eastern Africa and beyond, are
practitioners, activists and academic specialists in the fields of history,
anthropology, political science, economics, development, conservation, human
rights, media and law.
*MORE INFORMATION
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www.riftvalley.net
*CONTACT*
Rift Valley Institute (UK)
1 St.Luke's Mews
London W11 1DF
T: +44 20 7229 2562
Rift Valley Institute (Kenya)
PO Box 30710
GPO 00100
Nairobi, Kenya
T: +254 724 576 600
Rift Valley Institute (USA)
Bard College
PO Box 5000
Annandale-on-Hudson
NY 12504-5000
T: +1 845 758 7677
*EMAIL*
[email protected]
* Rift Valley Institute Update* * *
* August 2011 *
*Juba Lecture Series...* *Dekha Ibrahim 1964-2011...* *RVI Internship in
London...* *Somali Famine... Yellow Star Medal for Kwacakworo... *
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*Juba University Lecture Series** *
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A two-day series of lectures was held in Juba on 2 and 3 June, in the
run-up to the independence celebrations in South Sudan. The theme of the
lectures – the second in an annual series – was culture and nationhood. The
event was organised by the Rift Valley Institute in collaboration with the
Centre for Peace and Development Studies at the University of Juba. Speakers
included HE Priscilla Kuc
Joseph<http://t.ymlp31.com/uyqhalaushsafammyadawbh/click.php>,
HE Peter Adwok Nyaba <http://t.ymlp31.com/uyqwagaushsacammyarawbh/click.php>,
Dr Jok Madut Jok <http://t.ymlp31.com/uyqqaraushsafammyanawbh/click.php>, Dr
John Akec <http://t.ymlp31.com/uyqyakaushsapammyacawbh/click.php>, Joanna
Oyediran, Alfred Lokuji, Leben Moro, Youssef Onyalla, Dr Cherry Leonardi and
Derik Alfred. Transcriptions can be found at
newsudanvision.com<http://t.ymlp31.com/uyysavaushsagammyatawbh/click.php>
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TALK BY PRISCILLA KUC
JOSEPH<http://t.ymlp31.com/uyqhalaushsafammyadawbh/click.php>|
<http://t.ymlp31.com/uyqwagaushsacammyarawbh/click.php>TALK BY HE PETER
ADWOK NYABA <http://t.ymlp31.com/uyqwagaushsacammyarawbh/click.php> | TALK
BY DR JOK MADUT JOK
<http://t.ymlp31.com/uyqqaraushsafammyanawbh/click.php>| TALK
BY DR JOHN AKEC <http://t.ymlp31.com/uyqyakaushsapammyacawbh/click.php>
*Dekha Ibrahim Abdi 1964-2011*
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Dekha Ibrahim, Kenyan peace activist and teacher, died in Nairobi on July 14
after a car accident that also claimed the life of her husband. She was
buried on Laylatul Barakat, the night of blessing, the fourteenth day of
Shab'an. Dekha was a vital presence on the RVI Horn of Africa course from
its inception in 2008. RVI trustee Mohamed
Osman<http://t.ymlp31.com/uyyuagaushsakammyadawbh/click.php>writes:
"No-one who met Dekha will ever forget her. She was passionately and
wholeheartedly committed to peace building and convinced that change can be
achieved through dialogue. She operated with ease and diligence both at high
level meetings and at the grassroots, bridging the gap between state and
non-state actors."
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TRIBUTE TO DEKHA IBRAHIM BY MOHAMED
OSMAN<http://t.ymlp31.com/uyyuagaushsakammyadawbh/click.php>| DEKHA
IBRAHIM TEACHING ON THE RVI HORN
COURSE<http://t.ymlp31.com/uyyeaaaushsaiammyaaawbh/click.php>
*Internship in RVI London office
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The London office of the Rift Valley Institute
(www.riftvalley.net<http://t.ymlp31.com/uyymaraushsarammyaiawbh/click.php>)
seeks a graduate-level intern to start in September or October 2011. The
successful applicant will join a small administrative team managing the
Institute's field research projects and training courses in Eastern Africa
and maintaining long-term RVI programmes such as the Sudan Open Archive (
www.sudanarchive.net <http://t.ymlp31.com/uyyjadaushsakammyaiawbh/click.php>).
Visit the website to download the announcement or, for more information,
write to: [email protected].
THE RIFT VALLEY INSTITUTE
<http://t.ymlp31.com/uyymaraushsarammyaiawbh/click.php>
*Somali Famine*
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The causes of the famine in Somalia and the urgent actions that need to be
taken are the subject of recent pieces by RVI Horn of Africa Course
Directors Mark Bradbury and Ken Menkhaus. Mark Bradbury, in the New
Internationalist <http://t.ymlp31.com/uyybakaushsakammyavawbh/click.php>,
analyses the foreign policy blunders that have contributed to the disaster. Ken
Menkhaus, in *Somalia: A Country in Peril*, written for the
Enough<http://t.ymlp31.com/uyyhaoaushsazammyafawbh/click.php> project,
describes how development policies have contributed to the famine.
MARK BRADBURY IN THE NEW
INTERNATIONALIST<http://t.ymlp31.com/uyybakaushsakammyavawbh/click.php>|
KEN
MENKHAUS SOMALIA: A COUNTRY IN
PERIL<http://t.ymlp31.com/uyywaxaushsaoammyafawbh/click.php>
*South Sudan honours Kwacakworo
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RVI Fellow Conradin Perner (Kwacakworo), was awarded the Yellow Star medal
by the President of the Republic of South Sudan Salva Kiir Mayardit shortly
after South Sudan's independence day. A renowned ethnographer of the Anyuak
and a founder of the Gurtong Trust, Dr. Perner was the first recipient of
the medal, based on the star in the flag of the new Republic of South Sudan.
*A Personal Life* <http://t.ymlp31.com/uyyqaoaushsavammyapawbh/click.php>,
the fourth volume of *The Anyuak - Living on Earth in the
Sky*<http://t.ymlp31.com/uyyqaoaushsavammyapawbh/click.php>,
Kwacakworo's eight-volume account of Anyuak culture, was published recently
in Switzerland.
THE ANYUAK - LIVING ON EARTH IN THE
SKY<http://t.ymlp31.com/uyyqaoaushsavammyapawbh/click.php>| A
PERSONAL LIFE <http://t.ymlp31.com/uyyyaaaushsarammyapawbh/click.php>
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