This Tuesday, my group and I had an interview with David from the Sudanese community center. During this interview he told us about the history of Sudan as well as himself. I was amazed at how little I actually knew about the situation in Sudan. Hearing it talked about from a native was something I doubt I'll ever forget. Below is some of the information that we gathered from listening to him.
- people are in great need of medicine, water, and a school
- Arabs take oil to China; Sudan gets 2% and guns
- left from hometown to Ethiopia; became a lost boy
- born in southern Sudan, flee to Ethiopia then to Kenya, to the U.S.
- trained to go to war
- 1994: came to the U.S. and wasn't allowed to go to a refugee camp
- spoke Arabic all throughout his life
- rivers were the water source filled with crocodiles
- Sudan means two black men
- the water Sudanese people have now has been poisoned by oil being pumped for war
- effort: purification needed rather than distillation
- Father was shot-mother sold food; tradition for mothers
- Southern Sudan wants independence
- many are still in training because they say the war isn't over.
- left as a lost boy with many others. 2,000 boys died in the river alone
- carrying gallons of water on their head everyday, no good food, no medical
- his mother became a christian and was baptized in 1923. his other brother/leader.
- had 7 siblings, youngest out of all. older brother killed in war/sister died before he was born
- his father had three wives
- in 1979 (12 years old) got marks on his forehead to signify manhood
- lived a "kill or to be killed" society
- rulers of Sudan are Muslim instead of blacks who are christian or another traditional belief
- Nuer vs. Dinka tribal wars are still going on to prepare for actual war
- All over Sudan there are mangoes in the bushes; everywhere in southern Sudan
- northern Sudan is all desert
- Came to Minnesota in 1996 and from now he's still in school
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