The sun, mid-yawning, had barely finished its imaginary morning coffee ahead of a day’s worth of full-strength, shining work. Arriving from the Greater Pibor Administrative Area and neighbouring Jonglei State, a multiethnic crowd quickly turned what is usually a volleyball court into a bustling scene of dancing, banter and laughter. While a collective endeavour, the responsibility for achieving it is inevitably as individual as the meaning of the word peace. Meanwhile, Gola Boyoi Gola, Administrator of the Greater Pibor Area, addressed a segment of the audience decidedly belonging to the “future” category. “Twenty years ago, I was one of you, at an event like this one, learning about the meaning of peace.