Description

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This book, Native Displacement in the Twenty-First Century: Applying Leadership Knowledge is produced of project and exegesis of Master of Applied Indigenous Knowledge. That provided to the author a vehicle to apply and evaluate learning within the context of an applied project connected to indigenous epistemology and an indigenous community. The study sought to as a question; Applying Leadership Knowledge; how can it build on and enhance relationships in South Sudanese and other ethnic communities through encouraging the development of new and effective leadership roles?

This book is a Taonga Tuku Iho (Resource/Product) for the South Sudanese and other ethnic communities and New Zealand society as a whole. It is a contribution to present and future generations. Provides the readers with practical knowledge with a new perspective about forced immigrations to Aotearoa New Zealand. It is using the research findings and author story of forced immigration (family, tribal affiliation, and country historical narratives) that use as a template for other forced migrant background of New Zealand. It serves as a resource and product resulted from conversations with fourteen South Sudanese and a hundred and six ethnic communities' participants.

About the Author

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He is General Manager of Aotearoa Resettled Community Coalition and is a professional community advocate and educator. He is an uplifting director and community solution focus, a visionary change-maker with clear objectives, and well-developed strategic thinking. A well-respected advisor in the New Zealand Resettlement/Settlement sector. For his contribution and commitment to serve others to achieve integration and belonging outcomes. A South Sudanese New Zealander, a first-generation, he has strong advocacy leadership and management capabilities that are driven by human values and a human rights approach to community issues. He was a recipient of the New Zealand Red Cross resettlement sector award. He received a Certificate of Appreciation from Unitec Institute of Technology for his ongoing contribution to fieldwork education to enhance student learning. He is a fellow of the New Zealand Winston Churchill Memorial Trust and was awarded a Local Hero Medal and Certificate of Achievement for New Zealander of the Year in 2016.