Marial Bai

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Marial Bai lies between the Magadhik River and Chel or Kuru River, which converge to form the Lol River.<ref>{{citation |url=https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/ss_0029_wbeg_state_a4_12122016.pdf |accessdate=2020-12-17 |title=Western Bahr el Ghazal State Map (as of Dec 2016) |work=ReliefWeb |publisher=OCHA |ref={{harvid|Western Bahr el Ghazal ... OCHA}} }}</ref> It is the real-life hometown of Valentino Achak Deng, the protagonist of the Dave Eggers book, ''What is the What.'' <ref name="whatisthewhat">Dave Eggers, 2006, ''What is the What'', (New York, Vintage Books).</ref> Devastated during Sudan's second civil war, Marial Bai now benefits from the efforts of the {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070910201418/http://www.valentinoachakdeng.org/ Valentino Achak Deng Foundation]}}, which has constructed a new Marial Bai Secondary School.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tampabay.com/news/humaninterest/one-of-sudans-lost-boys-visits-university-of-tampa-shares-harrowing-story/1049211 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091107110844/http://www.tampabay.com/news/humaninterest/one-of-sudans-lost-boys-visits-university-of-tampa-shares-harrowing-story/1049211 |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 7, 2009 |title=One of Sudan's Lost Boys visits University of Tampa, shares harrowing story |author=Alexandra Zayas |work=St. Petersburg Times |date=4 November 2009 |accessdate=5 December 2009}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.valentinoachakdeng.org/community_development.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070916131341/http://www.valentinoachakdeng.org/community_development.php |url-status=usurped |archive-date=September 16, 2007 |title=Community development in southern Sudan |accessdate=5 December 2009}}</ref>

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== External links == * {{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20070910201418/http://www.valentinoachakdeng.org/ The Valentino Achak Deng Foundation]}}

Category:Populated places in Northern Bahr el Ghazal Category:Aweil West County Category:Lost Boys of Sudan