DIPLOMAT.

WRITER.

POET.

Words preserve memory,
shape public life,
and deepen our understanding
of one another.

Reflections on love and loss, identity and belonging, public life, diplomacy, and societies in transition.

Featured Essay

On Inheritance

This Independence Day found me watching my six-year-old daughter with quiet amazement. For the first time, she knows what she is celebrating. She recognizes our flag. She sings the national anthem with excitement. She knows that today is South Sudan’s birthday.

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Selected Essays

Essays and meditations on memory, belonging, language, and public life.

On Love

A meditation on love, sacrifice, possession, and the wisdom to let go. →

On the Choice of Official Language

A reflection on language, identity, nationhood, and the choices that shape a young country. →

On Silence

A reflection on silence, memory, responsibility, and the moments when conscience requires us to speak. →

On Trust

A meditation on trust, vulnerability, disappointment, and the difficult work of believing in one another. →

Poetry

Poems and collections on memory kinship, country, love, loss, and belonging.

Kindred

Poems of kinship, memory, identity, and belonging.

No More Betrayals

Poems shaped by country, conscience, struggle, and hope.

Public life

Selected speeches, statements, conversations, and reflections from public service and diplomacy.

Speeches & Addresses

Selected speeches and addresses from public service.

Statements

Selected statements and official communications from public service.

Conversations & Interviews

Selected interviews and public conversations.

About

Apuk Ayuel Mayen is a South Sudanese diplomat, writer, and poet. Her work moves between public service and literature, with a continuing interest in memory, language, identity, and public life.

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