The people still wait for that day Emmanuel Jal of South Sudan and Canada sings about. That day of unity for the people of South Sudan. The world still craves that today, the country’s 4th anniversary. “[South] Sudan’s future shall be promising./Children will go to school./ I hope […]
The Guardian tells the story of the continuing violence in South Sudan. The fighting broke out in this newest of nations between President Salva Kiir’s Dinka tribe and his former deputy, Riek Machar’s Nuer tribe. The Guardian features a Saferworld photo exhibition that tells part of the story […]
While I was researching The Good Braider, I met many teens and elders, but I met a lot of children, too. They were experiencing lives brand new to them in American cities. Then, when I was visiting Kakuma refugee camp on the Kenyan/South Sudanese border, I saw a […]
I first read Ha Jin’s poem, “The Past” as part of the PBS series, Lost Childhoods about children who have survived war. I’ve referred to the poem in my own mind to myself and to readers of The Good Braider about the idea of not only surviving, but […]
(c) Paul Winter, in Kakuma Refugee Camp The site AllAfrica.com reports that the government of Kenya intends to close refugee camps within its borders. The largest camps are Kakuma, where I traveled in January this year, and Dadaab, and they house nearly 600,000 people, according to the article […]
“Pushing the Elephant” is a documentary about Rose Mapendo from the Democratic Republic of Congo and her 17-year old daughter Nangabir. Watch the trailer here. The creator says, “This intimate family portrait unfolding against the wider drama of war tackles the long-term and often hidden effects of conflict […]
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