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Memoir

Songs of a War Boy: My story by Deng Thiak Adut and Ben McKelvey

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December 2016, no. 387

Songs of a War Boy: My story by Deng Thiak Adut and Ben McKelvey

Hachette, $32.99 pb, 315 pp, 9780733636523

Memoir

Songs of a War Boy: My story by Deng Thiak Adut and Ben McKelvey

by •
December 2016, no. 387

Songs are of great importance to the Dinka people of South Sudan. ‘They’re our avatars, and our biographies. They precede us, introduce us, and live on after we die,’ writes the refugee advocate, Archibald muse, and NSW Australian of the Year for 2017, Deng Thiak Adut. His memoir, Songs of a War Boy, serves as a profound if disturbing ballad to his tragedies and triumphs.

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Dilan Gunawardana

Dilan Gunawardana is an arts reviewer and online content editor. He is a former Deputy Editor of Australian Book Review (2017–18). He currently manages the ACMI (Australian Centre for the Moving Image) website and edits its Stories & Ideas section. He holds a Masters Degree in Communications and Media Studies from Monash University (Dean’s Award for Academic Excellence).

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