The Political Nile
The Political Nile written by: Marial Awendit @Marial_Awendit 1. (‘Will this boat carry us towards democracy?’)...
Marial Awendit
Marial Awendit a.k.a. James Marial Matueny Majak, is a South Sudanese poet, essayist, and songwriter. He is published in various literary magazines and anthologies. He is the author of the chapbook poetry collection, The Night Does Not Drown Us, published in 2022 by Babishai-Niwe Poetry Foundation, Keeping the Sun Secret, a poetry collection published in 2021 by Mwanaka Media and Publishing Pvt Ltd, Whispers over a Brewing Dawn, published in 2022 by Carnelian Heart Publishing Ltd, The Nilotic Coddiwomple, published in 2024 by Acacia Publishers Ltd and Who Told You to Be God? published in 2024 by Mwanaka Media and Publishing Pvt Ltd. Marial won the South Sudan Youth Talent Award (2016) for the category of Best Poet, the Babishai-Niwe Poetry Award for African poets (2018), and the African Writers Award for Poetry (2023).
