Giir Thiik and Yasir Arman 
Old times: Bramatali, Pagan Amum, and Mrs Pagan Amum 
Prof. Taban Lo Liyong gets his copy 
Attendees at the Book launch
Auditor General, Ambassador Stephen Wondu’s book, From bush to Bush, launched by SPLM Secretary-General at New Sudan Palace, last week, keeps the memory of Dr. John Garang and some who participated in the liberation struggle alive. It traces Wondu’s life from a houseboy in a house in Uganda, to Makerere University, to the University of Nairobi, where he was an SPLM Spokesperson, to the University of Reading, and to George Washington University.
Book Review
Title: From bush to Bush
Author: Stephen Wondu
Genre: Autobiography
Pages: 259
Publishers: Kenway Publications
Stephen Wondu weaves the story of his own growth and development from a naïve young village boy in Kajo-keji, through student life while faced with the challenges of being a refugee, to an adult troubled by political turmoil.
Yet, ‘From bush to Bush’ is not about Wondu the boy who would grow up as a refugee.
Rather, it provides us with important insights into the historical and contemporary differences between the Arab-Muslim North and the Animist/Christian South. Wondu takes us through the sequence of events that triggered the initial struggles for rights and freedoms of Southern Sudanese, which culminated in the signing of the Addis Ababa Agreement of 1972, the formation of successive governments and, ultimately, the collapse of that entire agreement.
‘From bush to Bush’ is an extraordinary account of his remarkable adventures full of endurance and survival. Although the story follows Wondu’s trails from the bushes of South Sudan, it also attempts to synthesize the historical precedents leading to the long war in the Sudan. Written at the advent of a new Republic, born after many years of war, the author conveys the depressing impact of war on individual and family life. He captures the intricate reality where distrust and fear of Muslims and Arabs found anchor in the minds of the South Sudanese.
