Salva Kiir Mayardit Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! == Early life == Kiir was born in 1951 into a pastoral [[Dinka]] family in the village of Akon in the Awan-Chan Dinka community in [[Gogrial]] County, South [[Anglo-Egyptian Sudan|Sudan]], as the eighth of nine children (six boys and three girls) in the family.<ref name="PW"/> His father, Kuethpiny Thiik Atem (d. 2007), was a cattle herder who belonged to Payum clan.<ref name="PW"/> Atem had three wives, Awiei Rou Wol, Adut Makuei Piol and Awien Akoon Deng, along with 16 children.<ref name="PW"/> Kiir's mother, Awiei Rou Wol Tong was a farmer, who belonged to the Payii clan.<ref name="PW">{{cite web|url=https://paanluelwel.com/2016/02/14/salva-kiir-mayaardit-the-joshua-of-south-sudan/|title=Salva Kiir Mayardit: The Joshua of South Sudan|author=Wël, PaanLuel|date=24 February 2016}}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page