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"We the willing, led by the unknowing, are doing the impossible for the ungrateful. We have done so much, with so little, for so long, we are now qualified to do anything, with nothing" By Konstantin Josef Jireček, a Czech historian, diplomat and slavist.

The Rust of Words ( a Novel )

 By David Aoloch Bion 

Synopsis of the book 

The Rust of Words is the story of reforms and transformation from bad governance to good governance in the Republic of Sudd. It is the story of poet James Majok  , who inspired  Uncle Josef , the Chief Servant of the  Republic ,   to reform and transform  his corrupted, dysfunctional system of governance.

Billions of dollars from oil revenues were stolen by 75 servants from public funds in the period of six years.

As the result of such embezzlement of fund, there were no roads, schools, hospitals across the country. Worse of, the country imported food from neighbouring countries.

An inspiration of reform comes to Uncle Josef, when Majok reads the poem on the 7th anniversary of independence. The poem indicted Uncle Josef and his Administration  

In his response to the poem, Uncle Josef begins the needed reforms. In the series of reforms, the corrupt ministers in the government were arrested, tried and executed for corruption.

Uncle Josef justified his action by saying he was following what is written in the book , a book  which was not seen by anyone since it publication but he  harangues  that every citizen must read  it .

In order to purified the rusted thought of the people.  He formed a committee of 600 intellectuals, led by the state Philosopher Peter Gatluak, to modify the language, they invent new words to purify the language in order to purify the thought of the people  and many rusted words in the language were destroyed.

70 years later, after the radical reforms, the society becomes just, prosperous. There was no man or woman committing a crime,

As the result, the Republic abolished department of police and the faculties of Law at all Universities across the country because they become irrelevant in the just society.

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