The Professor Challenges Youth To Embrace Culture And Dialect A prominent South Sudanese professor has called upon youth to embrace culture and stick to their dialect as a medium of communication and promotion of South Sudan's African culture. 03 February 2014
By Abraham Agoth *AWEIL, 03 January 2014 [Gurtong] - *Prof. Job Dhoruai Malou, an author of several books about Sudanese and African culture in Dinka dialect says the South Sudanese culture with its languages is the only way for recognition and promotion of the youngest nation. He says he is proud to have written many books about culture, social and economic aspects on both South Sudan and Sudan which he believes are indications to the right path of influence from youth and the generations to come. "Knowing your language in every country is very important." Prof. Dhorua said while speaking during an Inter-communal conference between Missyria and Dinka Malual in Wanyjok recently. "We are not taking mother tongue so seriously, be it for any tribe in this new nation. If we promote culture, then we are promoting our language too." He appeals to the youth to follow their dialect so that they promote their language in the modern world of technology. "I hope some of you have had chances of reading my books I have written in Dinka language, some were educative to the current generation, and doing one's language as a profession is pride and honour that all the time. Why not educating yourselves with your own language especially when you speak in common language," he said. As a two-tribe state, the professor appeals to the youth to officially adopt Dinka language as means of communication as everybody understands it easily in the state. "I am honoured to talk to you in local language and that is very important. So for the states of one tribe majority like Northern Bahr el Ghazal like this, you should be using Dinka as second language of expression so that you develop your own language to the rest of the world" he appealed. Many of Dhoruai's dinka books are available in the bookshops and some are being used as text books for teaching and in schools. Posted in: Home<http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/CategoryView/mid/519/categoryId/1/Home.aspx> , Education<http://www.gurtong.net/ECM/Editorial/tabid/124/ctl/CategoryView/mid/519/categoryId/4/Education.aspx> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "South Sudan Info - The Kob" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/SouthSudanKob. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/SouthSudanKob/CAJb14op7w-L4pwBRor-ohVcPWddw04ZeJQ%3D1QeMqnVTQbrxRHQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
