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Ke Akëkööl ke Ayethop t¿¿ në ye bu¿ëic, aa ye akëkööl th¿¿r. Aye lueel m¿n ke Paan de Girik yenë të c¿kkë ku lueelë ke thïn eya. Ku raan ye lueel ke yen e cak ke akëköölkë, aye c¿l Ayethop. Aye k¿c nyic ka th¿¿r th¿¿¿¿¿ lan ke Ayethop e pïïr në k¿m ke 600 agut cï run ke 500, ¿¿n ¿oot Yecu Këritho kenë dhiëëth. Ku yen Ayethop aye lueel m¿n ke ye aluaak. Acï k¿c k¿¿k g¿¿t m¿n ke Ayethop e ye raan de Paan de Yithiopiya m¿n mat akeu kenë Paan de Thawuth Thudan. Teerdït at¿¿ në w¿¿t de Ayethop ku akëkööl ye ke lueel në rinke. K¿c k¿¿k aa ye jam m¿n ke cïn raan e cï kan t¿¿ e ye c¿l Ayethop ku m¿n ke akëkööl cï dö¿ në rinke aa ke c¿k k¿c juëc ku¿¿t ¿¿n pïïr në run juëc arëët cï wan. Ku lon de ke akëköölkë, ye Ayethop yen e wunden ka ye raan d¿¿t cïe ye, e bï raan eb¿¿n ce¿ piny ya w¿¿¿¿t në ka ke pïïr. Alëu r¿t m¿n ke an¿¿ k¿c cï k¿¿k ke Akekööl ke Ayethop kan kueen në thook k¿¿k cït Tho¿ de Alarap ka Tho¿ de Lë¿liith. K¿c k¿¿k eya aa cï ke akëköölkë dhiil pi¿ en¿¿ k¿c ye wëët luä de Nhialic.Akëkööl ke Ayethop aa juëc arëët. Keek aa cï ke waar yiic em¿në në thook juëc ke piny nom. Akëkööl k¿¿k awaar ke yiic em¿në ku aa bï b¿¿n bei në kaam cïï mec.
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Atem Yaak Atem Atem Yaak Atem is a South Sudanese journalist and translator. Since 2001, he has been an English-Dinka translator in Australia, where his family lives. In 2006, Atem taught foundation English at the University of Newcastle, Australia. In the same year, he taught Dinka and ethics and methodology of interpretation and translation at the Sydney's Granville TAFE (Technical and Further Education). In 2009 he was one one of the recipients of Staff Excellence and Innovation Awards in Teaching and Learning from TAFE NSW- South Western Sydney Institute. In 2017 Africa World Books published Atem's semi-autobiographical stories, Jungle Chronicles: Recollections of a South Sudanese. These are narratives about society, culture and the problems of war and peace. Atem currently lives on the Australian Central Coast with his family. His wife, Anna Abul Malual, is an interpreter with a major health service provider in Sydney.
