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Ki Theatre’s third program in the 1993 “Exchange Series”, which features international artists, offers an evening to experience the dramatic folktales of the colorful Afican Sudan.
On Sunday, March 21 at 7:30 p.m., Ki Theatre on Gay Street in Washington will be filled with the fascinating sounds and stories of the largest, most powerful tribe in Africa’s southern Sudan.
Folklorist, novelist and biographer Francis Mading Deng has collected stories from his native people, the Dinka, capturing a penetrating view of the values, social satisfaction and power relations which govern the Dinka tribe.
Son of a famous paramount chief, Francis Deng grew up in his native country and was selected by his father to pursue a law degree. , Schooled in both the African-Christianized south and Arab-Islamic north, he was exposed at an early age to the political struggles of keeping his country together.
Dinka trib members, considered conservative and resistant to modernization, hold powerful political positions in Sudan. Deng’s future seemed clear.
Motivated by his father’s wishes, Francis Deng completed his law degree, pursued post-graduate studies
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