Marial Bai

Marial Bai is a village in Northern Bahr el Ghazal state, South Sudan.

Marial Bai
Marial Bai Location in South Sudan
Coordinates: 09°06′08″N 26°50′52″E
Country	South Sudan
Region	Bahr el Ghazal
State	Northern Bahr el Ghazal
County	Aweil West County
Time zone	UTC+2 (CAT)

Marial Bai lies between the Magadhik River and Chel or Kuru River, which converge to form the Lol River.^[1] It is the real-life hometown of Valentino Achak Deng, the protagonist of the Dave Eggers book, What is the What. ^[2] Devastated during Sudan's second civil war, Marial Bai now benefits from the efforts of the Valentino Achak Deng Foundation, which has constructed a new Marial Bai Secondary School.^{[3] [4]}