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Pibor and what lies ahead

gigglingbob — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 07:13:58 +0000

When I talked with her on the phone Sunday, I don't think I had ever heard her so sad and dejected before. She said many people were coming back from hiding in the bush looking for food in Pibor and not finding anything. The little money that she had she gave out to some relatives but she knew it wasn't enough to do much of anything.

Pibor Numbers Game: UN vs Murle

rob — Sun, 08 Jan 2012 08:09:46 +0000

Hilde Johnson, UN Special Representative for South Sudan, said reports that over 3,000 people were killed last week when thousands of armed youths attacked the Pibor region of Jonglei state appeared to be a false alarm.

Logos in Sudan

rob — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 09:09:27 +0000

When I was working in Sudan I did a few logos. I won’t say they were great logos, but I they were interesting. The hardest thing about them was trying to incorporate everything the client asked for. They liked literal logos. Illustrations of something happening that reflected their name or some sort of animal/scene they [...]

Republic of Southern Sudan

rob — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 10:37:17 +0000

In an attempt to cash in on the upcoming hysteria of Southern Sudan becoming a new country I made this design for a T-shirt. You can purchase this image on a T-shirt, hat or even a totebag at CafePress. Need to figure out how to target all the diaspora [...]

HASS Sudan

rob — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 08:07:13 +0000

When I was working in Juba, Sudan I was contracted by a company to develop an advertisement campaign for HASS Petroleum’s Sudan branch. The focus of the campaign was to advertise that they were importing and selling Kerosene at all their stations. It was actually a bit of a big deal because Kerosene was not [...]

Sudanese Show!

rob — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 14:47:37 +0000

So if any of you are around this weekend and up for some fun, go to downtown Nairobi and check out my wife’s show. She will be performing with a couple of other artists and I suppose they plan to dance the night away.

She just came back from touring Upper [...]

Sudan Land Grab – My First Data Visualization

rob — Tue, 28 Dec 2010 15:15:10 +0000

I read an article this morning about “land grabbing” in Africa by foreign countries. When I read the amount of land being acquired by foreign investors in Sudan, I thought to my self, “that is horrible”. Then I took a closer look at the numbers. It really doesn’t seem to be that much. I’ll be [...]

Henry Rollins in Southern Sudan

rob — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 09:49:36 +0000

Normally, I don’t really care much about what celebrity is visiting Southern Sudan. They jet in on a plane, spend a few days “talking” to the people and then go back to their comfort zones an expert on what is happening in Southern Sudan.

When I checked my twitter feed this morning I [...]