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The second of MAI\u2019s workshops in a three-year program to develop local writers and publishing in South Sudan, the world\u2019s newest nation, has been postponed due to fighting. We share this update after meeting last Friday in our office with Bishop Joseph Garang Atem <\/em>of the Diocese of Renk of the Anglican Church of Sudan.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWhere are the writers, dead or alive? We don\u2019t know,\u201d Bishop Joseph told us \"Bishop<\/a>after his State Department briefings in Washington DC. Since last December, more than a million people in South Sudan have fled their homes due to an outbreak of fighting between government and rebel forces. Due to the scattering of local writers and continuing instability in the northern Upper Nile region, MAI\u2019s writer workshop has been temporarily postponed.<\/p>\n

South Sudan received independence from Sudan in 2011, but the 21-year civil war took a toll on the nation\u2019s infrastructure and the people\u2019s psyche. Fighting continues over the oil-rich land in South Sudan.<\/p>\n

Bishop Joseph sees locally authored books as a key to \u201cnation building\u201d and a means for planting Christian values in society. \u201cLet us have a heart for forgiveness to bring life to our country, not to repay evil for evil,\u201d he tells his countrymen today.<\/p>\n

\"writers-at-work\"<\/a>A year ago, 18 South Sudanese writers gathered for their first training with MAI-Africa trainers Lawrence Darmani and Barine Kirimi. They worked on four potential books with a powerful message of spiritual truth and hope to both Christian and general readers: Prayers for South Sudan<\/em>, Letters to My Children<\/em>, a study of Christian themes in the South Sudan National Anthem, and a children\u2019s picture book that is nearly complete.<\/p>\n

Our workshop and the writers\u2019 continued work on these four manuscripts has tentatively been reschuled for this September or October.<\/p>\n

Please pray for lasting peace in South Sudan.<\/p>\n

>>Read \u201cSouth Sudan: What is the fighting about<\/a>?\u201d a recent BBC News update<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

>>Watch the video<\/a> of Pastor Moses sharing his vision for raising up local writers in South Sudan (filmed at LittWorld 2012 in Kenya)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

<<Have you registered yet<\/strong> for<\/strong> <\/b><\/b><\/b><\/b><\/b>our free upcoming webinar on <\/strong>May 20,<\/strong><\/b><\/b>\u00a0 \u201cWriting for Children\u201d<\/strong> with award-winning children’s author Emily Lim<\/a> of Singapore? Register online now<\/a>.<\/strong>
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