Biemnom Survivor

About the Book

This book is not just about what happened to the author and his family in the morning in Biemnom on December 25, 1983, but also to families who were residences of Biemnom and had experienced the same thing. Many people lost their loved ones. Through the period of thirty-five years, everywhere he goes, he meets one of the survivors. In this book, there are interviews with eyewitnesses, elders, and few survivors from that attack. It talks about the messages from God, but people fail to understand the massage. Before the attack, an old lady called Nyandeng Luol from Twic Gogrial made a song as a warning to people who lived in Biemnom town; it was in Dinka language.(Ruweng dheth ki raap Kuot ate bai aci ngaar ngap chok wen Nyanawetbil, ci mangar wei ki thon jur). It covered about Sultan Kuot Kur’s, the chief of Biemnom, ruling; about groups of Ngok youths in Abyei who joined the movement in 1985; a little bit about Ruweng Biemnom culture; his school; and how my American dreams became true, etc.

About the Author

Chol Makuach Dau was born in a small village called Wundgok in South Sudan located at West upper Nile region currently known as Ruweng state. In Biemnom around 1970s, the place has no hospital records and majority of his generation doesnt know their date of birth. They were born at home and the only way people remember things were through a big event. For example, famine or if there is an important thing happened or an important person died. These were the only ways people recalled things. He was born at home with the help of women who had an experience of the child birth. Chol Makuach Dau graduated from Primary School Kennette, St. Augustine Secondary school and Virginia Western Community College. He knows three languages namely Dinka, Arabic and English.