Seed of South Sudan

Memoir of a "Lost Boy" Refugee

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Social Science, Cultural Studies, African-American Studies, History, World History, Biography & Memoir
Cover of the book Seed of South Sudan by Majok Marier, Estelle Ford-Williamson, McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
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Author: Majok Marier, Estelle Ford-Williamson ISBN: 9781476614977
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers Publication: May 14, 2014
Imprint: Language: English
Author: Majok Marier, Estelle Ford-Williamson
ISBN: 9781476614977
Publisher: McFarland & Company, Inc., Publishers
Publication: May 14, 2014
Imprint:
Language: English

One of the most detailed books on the Lost Boys of Sudan since South Sudan became the world’s newest nation in 2011, this is a memoir of Majok Marier, an Agar Dinka who was 7 when war came to his village in southern Sudan. During a 21-year civil war, 2 million lives were lost and 80 percent of the South Sudanese people were displaced. Tens of thousands of boys like Majok fled from the Sudanese Army that wanted to kill them. Surviving on grasses, grains, and help from villagers along the way, Majok walked nearly a thousand miles to a refugee camp in Ethiopia. Majok and 3,800 like him emigrated to the United States in 2001 while the civil war still raged. His story is joined to others’ in this book.

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One of the most detailed books on the Lost Boys of Sudan since South Sudan became the world’s newest nation in 2011, this is a memoir of Majok Marier, an Agar Dinka who was 7 when war came to his village in southern Sudan. During a 21-year civil war, 2 million lives were lost and 80 percent of the South Sudanese people were displaced. Tens of thousands of boys like Majok fled from the Sudanese Army that wanted to kill them. Surviving on grasses, grains, and help from villagers along the way, Majok walked nearly a thousand miles to a refugee camp in Ethiopia. Majok and 3,800 like him emigrated to the United States in 2001 while the civil war still raged. His story is joined to others’ in this book.

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