Mary Boyoi, a singer, is from the Murle tribe of Southern Sudan. She was born in Malakal, Sudan in 1980, three years before the civil war erupted in Southern Sudan. Her father, a Murle chief and military commander within the SPLA was killed in 1989 by military forces associated with the Northern government. After his death, her mother worked hard to keep her children safe from the war and find them education. Wikipedia
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