Peter Adwok Nyaba

Peter Adwok Nyaba is a South Sudanese intellectual who has witnessed and
participated in the struggle since his short stint in the first war
(1964-1966), before going back to school. His work as an activist in the
student movement and trade unionism won him membership in the Sudanese
Communist Party. When the mass movement retreated after the popular
uprising that overthrew the May regime in 1985, Peter Adwok Nyaba
resigned to become a combatant in the Sudan People’s Liberation Army
(SPLA). After the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in 2005,
he became a legislator and then the minister for Higher Education and
Scientific Research in the Government of National Unity. When South
Sudan became independent in 2011, he was appointed Minister for Higher
Education, Science, and Technology. He has published three books on
South Sudan, one of which, The Politics of Liberation in South Sudan: An
Insider’s View, received the Noma Award for Publishing in Africa
(1998).