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"She was eight when the civil war broke out. She thought the sound of guns was thunder and was looking forward to playing in the mud. Before the day was out, her neighbors were being shot in the street.

Sarah Gabriel remembers the run to the…

"Ottavio, a former refugee from Sudan’s brutal civil war, lives in
Sydney, Australia; a place rich with opportunity and frustration. He
has a degree in engineering but works in a meat factory. He strives
to be responsible in the ways expected by…

"Betrayed for love combines both romance and the South Sudanese struggle for self reliance. The Author depicts the suffering of the people of South Sudan in the life history of a single family. This book challenges the African perception of feminism,…

"Es la única mujer en Nyala, probablemente incluso en todo Sudán, que se llama Abderrahmán. Cargando con un nombre masculino y una cicatriz en la mejilla, una marca de terrible belleza, Abderrahmán fue adoptada por la tí­a Jarifí­a, una mujer sin…

"Drawing on lessons from his remarkable life, former child soldier turned activist, author, entrepreneur, and international recording artist Emmanuel Jal provides his eleven pillars for overcoming adversity and living a life of purpose

“Who owns…

"Sangoel is a refugee. Leaving behind his homeland of Sudan, where his father died in the war, he has little to call his own other than his name, a Dinka name handed down proudly from his father and grandfather before him.

When Sangoel and his…

"My name is Deng Atak Ken. I was born in Aweil, Sudan in January 1981 before the separation of South Sudan on July 2011. This book tells of the struggles, hardship and triumphs of myself and my family growing up in South Sudan. I witnessed our family…

"During the Second Sudanese Civil War, thousands of South Sudanese boys were displaced from their villages or orphaned in attacks from northern government troops. Many became refugees in Ethiopia. There, in 1989, teacher and community leader Mecak…

"Farida lives with her family in Khartoum, Sudan. For Farida the 1960s are a time of fun and adventure, from riding the train to a remote village by the remains of Nubian pyramids to seeing the twirling dancers of the Mawlid festival. But as columns…

"In the 1980s, civil war was ignited in Sudan. This book presents the never-before-seen primary sources from panel discussions, diary entries and interviews from the early days of the Sudan’s People Liberation Army (SPLA/SPLM) rising against Old…