Liyong, Taban lo

LC control no.	n 50050189
Descriptive conventions	rda
LC classification	PR9402.9.L5
Personal name heading	Liyong, Taban lo *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Taban lo Liyong Lo Liyong, Taban
Associated country	Sudan
Associated place	Uganda United States
Birth date	1939
Place of birth	Kajokaji (Sudan)
Affiliation	Howard University University of Iowa University of Nairobi University of Papua New Guinea Jāmiʻat Jūbā
Profession or occupation	Poets Novelists College teachers
Found in	His Fixions, & other stories, 1969. Liyong, T. lo. Culture is rutan, 1991: t.p. (Taban Lo Liyong) spine (Taban) Homage to Onyame, 1997: t.p. (Taban Lo Liyong) p. 4 of cover (From Juba, southern Sudan; Prof., teaches poetry, African literature, Univ. of Venda, S. Africa) Info. converted from 678, 2012-10-02 (b. 1939) Dictionary of African Biography, accessed via The Oxford African American Studies Center online database, July 27, 2014: (Liyong, Taban lo; named Mokotiyang Rekenet meaning "born at night"; his mother Liyong nicknamed him Taban (an Arabic word meaning "I am tired" to signify the troubles she went through bringing him up in exile, he later officially adopted the nickname Taban lo Liyong "The Troubles of Liyong" as his official name; poet, fiction writer; born 1939 in Kajokaji, Sudan; diploma in teaching from the Teacher Education at Kyambogo (1959); bachelor's degree in English and journalism from Howard University in Washington, D.C.; Master of Fine Arts, University of Iowa (1968); briefly went back to Uganda; went to the Kenya and worked as a researcher at the University of Nairobi (1968-1975); moved to the University of Papua New Guinea (1975-1978); returned to Sudan, where he taught at Juba University and became a parliamentarian; taught in Japan (1992-1994); taught at the University of Venda, Thohoyandou, South Africa (1995-2004); in 2005 returned to Sudan where he served at the acting vice-chancellor of Juba University)