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 Civil…”). Because of the civil war in Sudan, The Lost Boys became a group of refugees who had to evacuate their homeland (Bollag). The boys in southern Sudan were an underprivileged group even before the Sudanese Civil War broke
Salva is still hurt that he left his family members. But Salva got through the pain by trying to not think about them and kept going. Salva later found his uncle and he was so hurt that his uncle was going to leave him to got to war. “I will return to Sudan, to fight in the war. Salva stopped walking and clutched Uncle’s arm But, Uncle, I will have no one! Who will be my family?” (Park, 60) When Salva found out that his uncle is leaving him to fight in the war, he suddenly felt a hole in his heart but
South Sudan is, to put it simply, a toddler. It is unstable, somewhat unpredictable, and most importantly young. Consider the fact that the country we live in, the United States of America, is over two centuries old. It is then not too hard to imagine why a country only about three years old would be considered the most fragile nation in the world. It is not only South Sudan's infantilism that has led to this fragility. In South Sudan's three short years of existence, it could not experience greater
2005 states, “The conflict in the Sudan is the longest running conflict in Africa… it has caused tragic loss of life, destroyed the infrastructure of the country, eroded its economic resources and caused suffering to the people of the Sudan” (“Sudan” Insight). Sudan faced the challenge of overcoming the ethnic division between Northern Sudan’s Arab heritage and Southern Sudan’s African heritage. Southern Sudan was isolated from the Northern region, which prevented Sudan from fully participating in the
Since 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
intensified, first as resistance, then rebellion, and finally an armed struggle for Eritrean national liberation that persisted until 1991. In October 1954, Sudan also voted for independence from its Egyptian and British colonizers. However, the people of South Sudan did not want to be subject to their historically cruel neighbors in Northern Sudan. They wanted to be given autonomy in a federal system, or they insisted on self-determination, including the possibility of independence from the North
independence since the late 1800’s, Sudan finally became fully independent in 1956, freeing itself from combined Egyptian-British rule. A poorly assembled constitution began the long history of violence that continues to define Sudan and South Sudan today. The constitution ignored several essential issues that divided the country. The first issue being the state religion; whether Sudan would be and Islamic state or if it would remain secular. With the northern part of Sudan being comprised mostly of Muslims
South Sudan is the newest country in the world, the fifty-fourth country in Africa, and the newest country to join the United-Nations. South Sudan is a landlocked country and is located in Eastern-Africa. South Sudan is filled with plains in the north and center parts of the country. Within South Sudan lays the White Nile, a major tributary of the Nile River, which is the longest river in the world spreading four thousand two hundred fifty eight miles long. South Sudan is bordered by six countries:
Overview of Country The Republic of Chad is a landlocked country in Central Africa, bordered by Sudan to the east, the Central African Republic to the south, Niger to the west Cameroon and Nigeria to the Southwest and Libya to the north. In terms of geography, Chad is divided into multiple regions: a desert like zone in the north, an arid Sahelian belt in the center and fertile Savanna zone in the South. Under the leadership of François Tombalbaye, Chad obtained independence in 1960. However, because
Juba, 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
around place to place; meanwhile, others have to walk and just focus on taking one step at a time. In the book, A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park, Salva a boy from Southern Sudan, Africa in 1985 is in the middle of a Civil War and is running away and travels on foot to Ethiopia to a Refugee Camp. Nya, a young girl from Southern Sudan in 2008 has to walk eight hours twice every day just to get a miniscule amount of water for her family. Both characters exhibit countless traits while the reader learns
world, South Sudan has faced a long list of hardships due to this nation's geographic profile. Situated in eastern Africa, South Sudan borders Ethiopia to the east, Kenya, Uganda, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the south, the Central African Republic to the west, and its former counterpart Sudan to its north. About the size of Texas with half its population, South Sudan is a relatively spread out country with 84% of its population living rurally in 2013. As of 2014 South Sudan had a population
South Sudan: A Struggle Within The newest country in the world is South Sudan, which gained its independence from Sudan on July 9, 2011, as a result of a referendum that passed with 98.83% of the vote. South Sudan is one of the poorest countries in Africa, although it has the third largest oil reserves in Sub-Saharan Africa. Though it is currently a sovereign state, South Sudan still faces issues that can disrupt its stability and eventually lead into the new nation’s first civil war. The rise
discontent could be generated by modernization or undesirable conditions. As a result, social movements are put into effect to bring similar peoples together to fight for a common cause. 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
When the Sudanese civil war reached his village in 1985, eleven-year-old Salva became separated from his family and must walk with other Dinka tribe members through southern Sudan and Ethiopia in search of safe haven. One of the challenges Salva and the rest of the Dinka tribe faced was the Akobo Desert. I believe that Salva survived crossing the Akobo Desert mostly because of his personal qualities, such as bravery and persistence, and that luck had little to do with his survival. One example of
raging civil war to find even the tiniest bit of safety from bombs, men with guns and the lack of water. An eleven year old girl walking 8 hours a day for dirty, diseased filled water. These are the stories of Nya and Salva, two children from southern Sudan in the story A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park. Water can be positive or negative, helpful or unhelpful, or even mean the difference between life and death. For example, Akeer gets sick from drinking the water that Nya carries from the pond
story that you are about to get an analysis on is called “A Long Walk to Water” by Linda Sue Park. In the dual perspective story there are two main characters; Nya, a fictional character, and Salva, a real boy living in the middle to late 80s in Southern Sudan. During the story the characters face many obstacles, some being bigger and rougher than others. Nya and Salva were both really good at finding ways to complete or get out of obstacles in their everyday life. One example of Nya doing that is
Sudan, in ancient times was the kingdom of Nubia. Nubia was Egyptian, ruled around 2600 B.C. Sudan has had quite a diverse and interesting past shaping the country to what we now call Sudan. From the civil, war of the National Islamic Front and the People’s Liberation Army to the discovery of oil. Southern and Northern Sudan is rich in history, culture, and population diversity. I picked Sudan to learn more about my friends, and to put meaning to what they went through as United State refugees. We
causes which what happened in South Sudan. “Famine Looms in South Sudan, South Sudan is experiencing the world’s worst food security crisis, caused by drought, and by man-made conflict.” (editorials.voa.gov).United Nation has tried to resolve this problem but it was worthless. Finding
Sudan has known conflict for most of its existence. The discovery of oil in 1979 served to heighten this conflict as north and south fought over valuable resources. In more recent years human rights violations and genocide have occurred in unsurpassed numbers with the Sudanese governments support. Sudanese President Umar al-Bashir is the first sitting head of state with an issued arrest warrant by the International Criminal Court for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. In July 2011