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Seed of South Sudan : memoir of a "lost boy" refugee / Majok Marier and Estelle Ford-Williamson.
Van Pelt Library DT157.672 .M37 2014
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Marier, Majok, 1980- author.
- Ford-Williamson, Estelle, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Marier, Majok, 1980-.
- Marier, Majok.
- Social conditions.
- History.
- Refugees.
- Dinka (African people).
- Refugee children.
- Sudan--History--Civil War, 1983-2005--Personal narratives.
- Sudan.
- Refugee children--Sudan--Biography.
- Dinka (African people)--Biography.
- Sudan--History--Civil War, 1983-2005--Children.
- Sudan--History--Civil War, 1983-2005--Refugees.
- South Sudan--Biography.
- South Sudan.
- South Sudan--Social conditions.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Personal narratives.
- Autobiographies.
- Physical Description:
- xii, 192 pages ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Jefferson, North Carolina : McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2014]
- Summary:
- "Majok Marier, an Agar Dinka, was 7 when war came to his village near Rumbek in southern Sudan, a war in which 2 million lives were lost and 80 percent of the South Sudanese people were displaced. Surviving on grasses, grains, and help from villagers along the way, Majok walked nearly a thousand miles to Ethiopia"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- One. Don't drink the water
- History of Sudan and Egypt
- Two. Walking in the wild
- Three. Where was the world while we walked?
- Four. Seed of Sudan
- Five. Fleeing Ethiopia
- Six. Kakuma Refugee Camp
- Seven. Change is in the air
- Stephen's story
- From teeth to driving, volunteers help the new residents
- Eight. America's struggle ends Sudanese airlifts
- Mama Gini goes to Sudan
- Judy Maves and the many ways of mothering
- Ninea Dinka finds a bride
- John Garang and the SPLA
- Ten. The beginning of many new things
- Eleven. Stories of South Sudan
- Twelve. Celebrities and friends of South Sudan
- Thirteen. Infrastructure
- Fourteen. South Sudan's future
- Fifteen. Warriors in a different kind of war
- Appendix: Aid groups in Ethiopia and Kenya.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780786474288
- 0786474289
- OCLC:
- 862101996
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