Jok Madut Jok is a South Sudanese politician, medical anthropologist, lecturer, scholar, activist, and executive director of the Sudd Institute.[1][2] He is a former undersecretary for culture and heritage in Ministry for Culture.[3][4]
Background and education
editMadut was born in Gogrial circa 1971. After finishing secondary education, Jok was awarded scholarship to study in Egypt. He was awarded Ford Foundation scholarship at University of California, Los Angeles where he obtained a Ph.D in anthropology.[4][5]
Mudat is a professor of anthropology at the University of Juba.[1] He was a lecturer at Oxford University.[1]
Career
editMadut served as the undersecretary for culture and heritage in Ministry for Culture on appointment of Silva Kiir.[4]
Jok has authored books and articles on topics such as gender, sexuality and reproductive health, humanitarian aid, ethnography of political violence, gender based violence, war and slavery, and the politics of identity in South Sudan and Sudan.[6]
Advocacy
editMadut was one of the contributors in discussion on community defense groups in South Sudan's civil war which discuss the role of community defense groups in South Sudan's ongoing civil war, emphasizing their impact on security provision, state dynamics, and peacebuilding efforts.[7]
He also engaged in podcast dialogues about race and liberation in South Sudan with African Voices African Arguments Podcast.[8]
Jok was also a contributor in the "Euphoria About South Sudan Blinded Many to Impending Violence."[2] He was also joined the International Peace Institute, a panel that discuss the violent crisis in South Sudan.[9]
Jok participated in a discussion hosted by the Wilson Center, assessing the challenges in South Sudan and exploring pathways for dialogue and compromise.[10]
Jok was also featured in a documentary shared by Aljazeera[3] where he described South Sudan as a "four-legged animal" with broken legs, symbolizing the country's critical challenges.[11]
In 2007, Madut started Marol Academy in Marol.[4]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ a b c "Sudans Working Group: An Update on the Political Situations in Sudan and South Sudan | Wilson Center". www.wilsoncenter.org. Retrieved 2024-08-25.
- ^ a b Hirsch, John L. (2014-02-19). "Euphoria About South Sudan Blinded Many to Impending Violence: Interview with Jok Madut Jok". IPI Global Observatory. Retrieved 2024-08-30.
- ^ a b Namiti, Musaazi. "Analysis: Struggle for power". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-08-30.
- ^ a b c d Wakelee-Lynch, Joseph (2016-10-12). "Making History". LMU Magazine. Retrieved 2024-08-25.
- ^ "Jok Madut Jok Archives". The Cipher Brief. Retrieved 2024-08-25.
- ^ Madut, Jok (2017). Informal Armies. February 2017.
- ^ "Publications". www.saferworld-global.org. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
- ^ Uncategorised (2020-08-07). "'African Voices, African Arguments': Episode 3: Race and Liberation in South Sudan and the U.S: A Discussion with Jok Madut Jok". African Arguments. Retrieved 2024-08-30.
- ^ Schmidt, Annie (2014-02-18). "Jok: Near Collapse in South Sudan Is Shocking but Not Surprising". International Peace Institute. Retrieved 2024-08-30.
- ^ "Sudans Working Group: An Update on the Political Situations in Sudan and South Sudan | Wilson Center". www.wilsoncenter.org. Retrieved 2024-09-07.
- ^ Namiti, Musaazi. "Analysis: Struggle for power". Al Jazeera. Retrieved 2024-09-07.