The Generation in Wars! Is God Really Tired of Us?
6 min readBy Deng Lual DeNuun, Eldoret – Kenya
July 9, 2015 (SSB) —- Pain is inevitable, but misery is optional. We must embrace pain and burn it as fuel for our journey. The people in the black soil, the Sudd people, the giant of Africa have never grab a breath and inhaled the fresh and harmonious blessings of peace and relieve from bloodshed, one wonders what the book of Isaiah in the bible says about the Sudanese people, the revelation in Isaiah 18, is becoming too difficult to understand, because all what was said about the Sudan is not ending any time soon, has God forgotten or really tired of us? Or is it that South Sudan is becoming a gas station?
The war is consuming generations after generations. It’s too sad to register that our grand grandfathers, fathers, ourselves and indeed our own children have lived and continues to live in the shadow and shed of wars and sorrows. As you go down through this note, you will realize that children of children have been in wars even till today. There is another intensifying war ongoing in the greater Upper Nile, children and women are largely the victims of this “blood leadership and senseless war” indeed, Life is a dream for the wise, a game for the fool and a comedy for the rich, tragedy for the poor.
Why? Why are people subjecting themselves to generation of wars? It’s easy to make a buck but it’s a lot tougher to make a difference. The greatest thief this world has ever produced is procrastination, they say it’s a senseless war but do too little to save lives and achieve peace. Has God forgotten or really tired of us? This reminds me to learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow, but the important thing is not to stop questioning. Over years and years, it’s like war has stuck into our bloodstreams, war after war.
While I understand that wars, revolutions and battles are due simply and solely undertaken to restore peace and order and for the acquisition of wealth/power and to never accepting suppression and marginalization, it is not enough to say we must not wage war. It is necessary to love peace and sacrifice for it.
Anyway, Rain beats a leopard’s skin, but it does not wash out the spots. We have a very long rich history in wars… many embraced by the generations not this current war of Dec 15th that will go down in history as the most senseless and embarrassing war imposed by greedy individuals against the poor. With momentum of historical forms, allow me briefly to mention a few, our people have fought many wars and deserve history written off to books and shelves in the archives.
It’s with great pride and honors to eulogies the great efforts by our brave men and women in South Sudan since the invasion of the outside powers to the Kushland and after. Not in the tribal wars but meaningful one, the people of South Sudan fought with colors of human race, even before the invention of the Kalashnikov, they fought with nothing other than spears, and they faced many super powers like the British, The Turkish among many others. I stand tall and applaud their great sacrifices.
I admired great chiefs like Chief Kon Anok Nyingier of the Aliab people who fought valiantly against the British Anglo-Egyptian colonialism; he only surrendered when the enemy started to target women and children… in the famous war of the Ayilla in 1919 in the present watt river in Awerial county. Although he died in prison, he is an example of a true leader who was able to apply very smart tactics and battle strategies despite the balance of power being in favor of the British.
Another great hero is the son of the prophet Mundan who mobilized the Nuer people and fought British colonialism towards the end of the 1929-30s; he did not succumb very easily despite the use of excessive power by the British, until he fell in battle. Furthermore, another great hero is Bior Aguer of the Dinka Twic people who rose his ribbed to the mighty British to an extend of pointing at them even though he was blind but was able not to shy away his anger towards the British and one time Chief Lual Deng warned him and said, “Bior, why so furious like this yet you are not looking at (Turuk), referring to the Turkish, leave it to us”.
These great men like the Mau Mau freedom fighters of Kenya of the 1952 deserves compensation by the British, they British came and did too little to the South Sudanese people unlike to Kenya whom they built their country and yet again compensated back the Mau Mau fighters. I’m saying this because British were the former Sudan colony. And finally to the first and the second liberation from the Arabization of the Sudan.
With due respect, we salute these great men and women for the fought the war of liberty, freedom and prosperity. Your sacrifices shall glitter throughout the history, celebrating the 4th independence anniversary tiptoeing on your honor.
Eventually, it is ashamed to the current leaders to answer, the aim and objective of this war they are fighting. Since it’s due to their bullies and interests as demonstrated by the recent defections here and there. Enough is enough, some of us have been used as stooges for so long, it is high time to refrain and turn back and embrace nationalism than patriotism define by being loyal to so and so rather than being loyal to the nation. Fellow citizens.
No one is rich enough to buy the past but everyone is rich enough to rewrite the future, we have the tribes we have, we have the history we have, and shall have the future we make. And the future we make will only be toxic if we allow our own hearts to be toxic and the hearts and minds of those around us.
We need peace in South Sudan on this 4th anniversary of the independence of South Sudan.
The author can be reached at denglual86@gmail.com
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