Manasseh Mathiang

Exactly twenty (20) years ago today, on 9th January 2005, the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) was signed at Nyayo Stadium in Nairobi. Five years later, on 9th January 2011, we then Southern Sudanese participated in the historic referendum on independence. Ninety-nine percent (99%) of us voted to secede, and in doing so, we won our independence from the greater Sudan.

I was present at Nyayo Stadium on 9th January 2005. I remember the excitement. I remember the hope. I shall never forget that day. A few days later, Emmanuel Jal, Lam Tungwar Kueigwong, and I together with some Kenyan artists travelled to Kakuma Refugee Camp to shoot the music video for our song Gua. The song, which embodied our hope for a peaceful Sudan, became an anthem for our people as it aired on Kenyan media. I felt emotional one day when Abul Majur Dak narrated to me how as a little girl watching the song in the Kenyan media made her crave for home.

Today, I choose to remember the excitement on the faces of our people in the refugee camp. They truly believed that at last their suffering was over no more aerial bombardments, no more shrinking civic space. They believed they could finally go home and enjoy their homeland.

Twenty years later, South Sudanese are dying of hunger. The sound of guns has not gone silent. Bombs are still falling from the air. South Sudan, we must get the freedom we were promised the freedom we fought for, the freedom we voted for.

Manasseh Mathiang

Gua Emmanuel Jals first music video, released in 2005, was for Gua. The symbolism of unity is expressed in the title of the song, meaning both "good" in Nuer and...

"Yet a time is coming and has now come when the true worshipers will worship the Father in spirit and truth, for they are the kind of worshipers the Father seeks.God is spirit, and his worshipers must worship in spirit and in truth." - John 4:23-24

You cannot have a negative mind, and a positive life.

May you have a positive first weekend of the year

I speak goodness and blessings over your life in 2026. Seek God, work harder and smarter, and constantly re-examine your attitude toward life. Greater things are ahead. By the way expect some music from me this year.

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Friends,

You are warmly invited to a Leadership Seminar & Book Review hosted by the Hon. Rev. Matthew Mathiang Deang Foundation in partnership with Nile Theological College.

📅 Tomorrow, 29th November 2025
⏰ 2:30 PM
📍 Presbyterian Church of South Sudan, Hai Matar Road – Thongpiny

Our keynote speaker will be Hon. Dr. John G*i Yoh.

During the event, we will review an unpublished book titled “Presbyterian Church of Sudan: 100 Years and Beyond”, authored by our late father, Hon. Rev. Matthew Mathiang Deang.

All are welcome. 🙏🏽

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"And we know that in all things, God works for the good of those who love him , who have been called according to his purpose" Romans 8: 28