Atem Yaak AtemAtem Yaak Atem Atem Yaak Atem is a South Sudanese journalist and translator. Since 2001, he has been an English-Dinka translator in Australia, where his family lives. In 2006, Atem taught foundation English at the University of Newcastle, Australia. n the same year, he taught Dinka and ethics and methodology of interpretation and translation at the Sydney's Granville TAFE (Technical and Further Education). In 2009 he was one one of the recipients of Staff Excellence and Innovation Awards in Teaching and Learning from TAFE NSW- South Western Sydney Institute. In 2017 Africa World Books published Atem's semi-autobiographical stories, Jungle Chronicles: Recollections of a South Sudanese. These are narratives about society, culture and the problems of war and peace. Atem currently lives on the Australian Central Coast with his family. His wife, Anna Abul Malual, is an interpreter with a major health service provider in Sydney. Read More Read Less