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In
Tribute
to
Paul
Anade
Othow
Paul
Anade
Othow
was
born
in
Akobo,
Sudan,
June
12,
1938,
to
Mr.
Okach
Othow
and
Mrs.
Ajulu
Okoth
Othow.
He
was
Christened
as
Paul
in
the
Reformed
Presbyterian
Church
in
Sudan
and
attended
public
schools
there.
He
was
assisted
by
missionaries
of
the
Presbyterian
Church
to
attend
college
in
the
United
States
of
America,
receiving
Bachelor
of
Science
Degree
in
Business
Administration
from
Northwestern
University
in
Iowa
City,
Iowa.
He
attended
the
Graduate
School
of
Business
at
the
University
of
Wisconsin
in
Madison,
Wisconsin,
where
he
met
his
wife,
Helen
DeLois
Chavis.
They
were
married
in
Gambella,
Ethiopia,
on
June
22,
1971.
To
this
union
was
born
a
daughter,
Ajulonyodier
Elisabeth
Othow
on
May
18,
1973.
He
received
the
Masters
Degree
in
Business
Administration
in
Durham,
North
Carolina.
The
title
of
his
Master’s
Thesis
is
“The
Cooperative
Movement
as
a
Form
of
Development
in
the
Southern
Sudan.”
He
taught
Business
Administration
and
Accounting
at
Johnson
C.
Smith
University
in
Charlotte,
North
Carolina
and
the
University
of
Juba
in
Juba,
Sudan.
He
also
served
the
Southern
Regional
Government
of
Sudan
as
Minister
of
Tourism
in
the
Southern
Parliament,
and
as
the
Minister
of
Administration
in
the
Upper
Nile.
Anade
not
only
loved
the
people
of
his
ancestral
society,
the
Anyuak
of
Sudan
and
Ethiopia,
but
he
also
loved
all
the
people
of
the
Sudan,
especially
the
societies
of
Southern
Sudan.
When
the
civil
war
arose
between
the
south
and
the
north,
when
he
was
just
twenty
years
old,
he
became
conscious
of
the
suffering
and
struggles
of
his
people
under
cultural
and
political
oppression.
During
all
his
life,
he
portrayed
a
concern
and
commitment
to
the
freedom
and
liberation
of
his
people.
He
was
a
member
of
St.
Cyprian’s
Episcopal
Church
in
Oxford,
North
Carolina.
As
a
result
of
his
love
for
his
people,
he
was
instrumental
in
bringing
15
of
his
relatives
and
countrymen
who
were
refugees
to
the
United
States
in
1994.
They
are
now
being
educated
and
are
working
in
their
new
homeland.
As
early
as
1973,
he
sponsored
four
other
students
from
Sudan
and
Ethiopia
to
come
to
the
United
States.
They
are
now
productive
individuals
and
will
return
to
the
Sudan
and
Ethiopia
to
assist
in
development
of
the
war-torn
country.
Anade
wrote
Helen
early
in
January
of
1996,
indicating
that
he
would
return
to
the
United
States
in
June
of
that
year.
However,
his
brilliant
and
dedicated
career
came
to
an
end
when
he
visited
his
relatives
in
Pochalla,
Sudan
in
March
of
1996.
He
was
attempting
to
enlighten
them
on
the
ongoing
struggle
for
peace.
While
he
was
there,
the
rebel
SPLA
[the
organization
which
he
had
always
supported
and
which
he
represented
in
the
United
States
as
the
first
SPLA
representative
when
his
country
needed
him],
captured
him
and
executed
him
without
a
trial.
Human
Rights
organizations,
such
as,
Amnesty
International,
Human
Rights
Watch,
and
the
Red
Cross
investigated
the
tragedy.
We
will
always
miss
Anade,
but
we
will
eternally
remember
him
as
an
example
of
courage,
bravery,
and
charity
toward
his
fellowmen.
An
Anade
Othow
Scholarship
Fund
is
being
planned
for
deserving
Sudanese
students
to
study
in
the
United
States.
Anade
left
to
mourn
his
wife,
Helen,
and
daughter,
Ajulonyodier;
a
sister
Ator
Othow
of
Akobo,
Sudan;
two
nephews,
Obang
Liem
Othow
and
Omot
Liem
Othow;
four
orphaned
children
who
were
living
in
Gambella,
Ethiopia;
and
six
orphaned
children
who
were
living
in
Nairobi,
Kenya;
Mrs.
Akir
Obongo
Ojulu;
Mrs.
Elizabeth
Stephen
Ret
Chany;
Ms.
Priscilla
Wayat;
and
a
host
of
other
relatives
and
friends.
Christ
leads
me
through
no
darker
room
Than
He
went
through
before,
And
he
that
to
God’s
Kingdom
comes
Must
enter
by
this
door.
Come,
Lord,
when
grace
hath
made
me
meet
Thy
blessed
face
to
see
For
if
thy
work
on
earth
be
sweet,
What
will
thy
glory
be?
My
knowledge
of
that
life
is
small,
The
eye
of
faith
is
dim;
But
‘tis
enough
that
Christ
knows
all,
And
I
shall
be
with
Him
[An
elegy
from
The
Family]
Source
and
script:
Dr
Helen
Othow,
NC,
USA.
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