“When we were little, we did not know many things. We did not know the world was big, or that it was different from us. We only knew our villages in Sudan, which have been there for thousands of years.” This quote comes from the movie, "The Good Lie,” which focuses on the migration of children from Sudan and the conflict that made them migrate. The children of Sudan also referred to as the Lost Boys of Sudan or the "Lost Boys" and it was a period of time when a group of over 20,000 boys of the Nuer and Dinka ethnic groups were displaced or orphaned during the Second Sudanese Civil War. Lots of people were killed and others were severely affected by the conflict. They had to migrate to Ethiopia and then Kenya to be safe from the conflict. The …show more content…
In the first place, I chose the Lost Boys of Sudan as my essay because their story is an example of the devastating human cost of war and it highlights the suffering of the children caught in the conflict. The Civil War in 1983 was against two ethnic groups, the Muslim government in the North of Sudan and the Christian and animist populations in the South of Sudan. The two ethnic groups created widespread violence and displacement, especially targeting the Nuer and Dinka communities. The war erupted another issue of recruitment for child soldiers, which forced young boys to flee their homes to avoid being forcibly conscripted. In the next few years, an estimated 20,000 Sudanese children fled their homeland in search of safety in what turned out to be a 1,000-mile journey to Ethiopia. The children wandered in and out of war zones and spent the next four years in dire conditions. Thousands of children lost their lives to hunger, dehydration, and exhaustion. Some were attacked and killed by wild animals; others drowned crossing rivers and many were caught in the crossfire of fighting …show more content…
The downside of the refugee camps was the survival of the camps. The camps sometimes had harsh conditions, including inadequate sanitation, food scarcity, and lack of medical care. These pose significant challenges to their health and well-being. Despite facing cultural barriers and challenges of integration, many “Lost Boys” successfully rebuilt their lives in new homes and started contributing to their new communities. Overall, the conflict of the Civil War affected young boys in Sudan by permanently altering the lives of thousands of Sudanese boys and young men and they were forced to migrate to someplace safe while the conflict was still ongoing. In conclusion, the migration of the “The Lost Boys of Sudan” represents a tragic chapter of human displacement, where young boys from Sudan were forced to endure painful hardships due to the brutal civil war. It can be represented as a stark reminder of the devastating effects of an armed conflict on children. Their journey highlights the importance of efforts to provide protection and support to those who are displaced by
known as the Lost Boys of Sudan, who fled from Sudan to escape the Second Sudanese Civil War. Luckily, there are a few pieces of text that documented the events of the war, such as the novel, A Long Walk to Water, by Linda Sue Park, and the articles “The Lost Boys of the Sudan” by UNICEF and “The ‘Lost Girls’ of Sudan” by Isabel Matheson. Some events have been followed by the novel, such as the boys’ movement to America. However, many have been altered since when the Lost Boys fled from Sudan. Linda Sue
affects the people who are near the conflict, but one civil war has forced thousands of innocent children to travel unthinkable distances simply to attain safety. Before they became known as the Lost Boys from the war, the group of mainly seven to seventeen year old males originally lived normal lives with their relatives in southern Sudan (UNICEF). From 1898, until 1956, Britain and Egypt jointly had control over Sudan in what was called the Condominium, which caused conflict in Sudan (“The Sudanese
Introduction The ‘Lost boys of Sudan' is a common name given to more than 20000 boys of Dinka and Nuer tribal groups. The research narrates the struggle of refugees, the need for conflict resolution and various political concepts. The ‘lost boys' refer to three young boys who fled from their country, Sudan, during the civil war and sought refuge in other countries. Their story depicts violent events that occurred during the second civil war in Sudan. The war mainly affected the Dinka and Nuer ethnic
Lives of The “Lost Boys” of Sudan Sudan has been involved in a Civil war fueled by religious conflicts since the 1980s. Thousands of children have experienced extreme hardship and unspeakable after effects. Their story is told through a film known as the “Lost Boys of Sudan.” They arrive at the Kakuma refugee camps without any guidance from their parents. The film follows the journey of these boys from their war riddled lives in Sudan, to a completely new way of life in the United States of America
1983, the Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) and the Sudanese government have been at war within the southern region of Sudan. This brutal conflict has ravaged the country claiming hundreds of lives and exiling a vast number of the southern Sudanese people. Most of these outcasts were young men aging between five and twelve years of age who returned home from tending cattle to see their village being attacked and their fellow villagers being killed by government militias . These boys fled, not
Civil war in 1987 broke out in southern Sudan and forced over twenty thousand young boys to flee from their families and villages. The young boys, most only six or seven years old, fled to Ethiopia to escape death or induction. They travelled thousands of miles before reaching the Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya. The survivors of this tragic migration became known as the Lost Boys of Sudan. Without the aid of the refugee camps and the support of America, the Lost Boys would not be educated, as successful
want peace and to be able to take my family home, so they can have a normal life," Chudier who is from the displacement camp where she's seeking safety. "I spent most of my life as a refugee, I don’t want my children to grow up like I did” (Quick Facts). In South Sudan, 2.1 million people are internally displaced while others are fleeing their homes, escaping or being trapped. America has given support to Sudan since the very beginning of the destruction. America could have made more of an effort for
Lost Boys of South Sudan was a name given to the thousands of young boys orphaned or torn from their families by the Sudanese Civil War. These young boys walked sometimes as much as a thousand miles to reach refugee camps in Ethiopia and Kenya. The US allowed as many as 4000 Lost Boys to emigrate to America providing them with endless opportunities. Gia Nyok and Lopez Lomong were able to reach prominence in America and help their communities in Sudan despite the struggles they endured as Lost
THE LOST BOYS OF SUDAN The lost boys of Sudan went through far more than the average westerner will go through throughout their entire life. They were forced to run away from their home, and wander more than 1,000 miles to the promise of safety. During this voyage they were struck by animals, disease, hunger, and dehydration. After living in such poor conditions they were thrust into western society without knowledge of how to shower, get a job, or maintain finances. With only four months of
Story of an Immigrant The focus of this paper is Shimma. His tribal home is in Sudan. He is believed to be 21 and has resided as a refugee in the USA since August 2001. He is known as a “Lost Boy of Sudan.” I met Shimma while shopping at Wal-Mart in central Phoenix. I had been fascinated by the reports of the Lost Boys that I had heard on TV and read in the newspapers. I knew that some of the Lost Boys were being relocated to Phoenix and hoped to meet some of them along the way on my travels
The Lost Boys of Sudan The lost boys of Sudan did not only show courage but also perseverance when they were forced to flee their home, leaving everything behind to find safety, after their village and all their loved ones were destroyed by the war. In 1983 the Second Sudanese Civil War took place; Arabic Muslims from the North of Sudan attacked southern villages killing more than one million civilians and leaving more than twenty thousand of boys orphaned− often referred to as the Lost Boys of Sudan−
South Sudan There are many people that can’t have what you do. When you sit there and think about how poor you are and how much you don’t have you should really be thinking of the people that have even less. Linda Sue Parks was one of the people that did and she wrote a book called A Long Walk to Water which is a true story. In the novel there is a young boy named Salva Dut. Salva Dut was an 11 year old boy who was separated from his family because of a school shooting. This happened in Sudan which
Traditional Chinese foot binding and the controversial Lost Boys of Sudan demonstrate this exact situation, reinforcing the idea that the concept of the social movement can be considered a cross-cultural phenomenon. Written by Feng Jicai, The Three-Inch Golden Lotus centers around a woman named Fragrant Lotus, and the influence foot binding has on her life. At the beginning of the story, Fragrant Lotus is introduced as a young child who is raised by her grandmother, whom she affectionately calls
the capital of South Sudan, will soon be transformed from a dirty slum into a modern city in the shape of a rhinoceros. Wau, another large city, will take the shape of a giraffe. The world’s newest nation is moving forward with these innovative changes, although it is just emerging from a bloody and troubling recent history. After 56 years of fighting, South Sudan is finally free from the government of North Sudan. As a new country, it struggles—resembling the way the boys struggled in Golding’s
God Grew Tired of Us appealed to me because I lacked knowledge of the Lost Boys and the Sudanese Civil War. The Lost Boys’ trek across Sudan, first to Ethiopia then to Kenya, impressed me beyond measure. I was shocked by the fact that 20,000 young boys were forced to journey so far. The amount of death and loss that those boys had to go through made their transition into American culture that much more impressive. Even though most did not know where their families were, they kept on living and trying