Blood of Two Streams
Gender Balance in Parental Legacy
Published on 29. June 2021
Book
Paperback/Softback
290 pages
978-0-8232-9762-7 (ISBN)
Description
This book-part memoir, part political statement-examines the influence of the author's maternal and paternal ancestry on his life. Delving into the rich history of Francis Mading Deng's heritage, Blood of Two Streams acts as a bridge to cross-cultural understanding and multidisciplinary connection between the personal, the communal, and the universal.
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Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
18 b/w illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 226 mm
Width: 150 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
408 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8232-9762-7 (9780823297627)
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E-Book
06/2021
Fordham University Press
€27.99
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Person
Francis Mading Deng is currently Deputy Rapporteur of South Sudan National Dialogue and Roving Ambassador. He formerly held the positions of Sudan's Ambassador to the Nordic countries, Canada, and the United States; Sudan's Minister of State for Foreign Affairs; the first Permanent Representative of South Sudan to the United Nations; Human Rights Officer in the UN Secretariat; Special Representative of the UN Secretary General on Internally Displaced Persons; and Special Advisor of the Secretary General for the Prevention of Genocide. He holds an LLB (honors) from Khartoum University and an LLM and JSD from Yale University. He has written or edited more than forty scholarly books on a wide variety of subjects and two novels on the crisis of identity in the Sudan. Dr. Deng has held senior positions in leading American universities and think tanks.