Sunday, October 24, 2010

Continuing with God Grew Tired of Us (Summarization of the war in Sudan)

     The Civil War in Sudan was a war among three separate religions, Christians, Muslims, and Animists. They came to Sudan, Africa and ordered for all boys among all ages to be killed. So the Lost Boys of Sudan made a run for it and traveled 1,000 miles to Ethiopia on feet. When they arrived at Ethiopia there was very little food and clothing. Then the Ethiopian government collapsed, forcing the Lost Boys of Sudan to walk to Kenya, Africa where a refugee camp was located. When they arrived at Kenya, Africa they were supplied with food and clothing. Most days they would be supplied with food. On days they did not have food, were called Black Days. On Black Days, they would sit and stand in a circle with each other and relax, make  jokes, sing songs, and play games. They called this meeting "The White House".
     The Civil War caused all of this to take place. These people all had lives in Sudan and they were functional and they were not as poor as other African cities. They had jobs, food, and clothing and were a functional society. After the Civil War attacked on their land all of this were taken away from them. Lots of families were split and lots of people were killed. The Civil War began in the year 1998.
     Sudan has two different major cultures; Arab and Black African American. Because of the two different cultures comes with hundreds of different ethnic and tribal divisions and language groups. Which cause collection collaboration. More than 4 million southerners have been displaced due to the Civil War. They all fled into Juba, Khartoum, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Egypt, and other neighboring countries. The Lost Boys of Sudan fled from Sudan to Ethiopia to Kenya. Because of the refugee camp located in Kenya, some of the Lost Boys are now living in America with jobs and providing for themselves.

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