Describes the geography, history, government, economy, and culture of Sudan and Southern Sudan. Features color photographs, a calendar of festivals, recipes, a glossary, project and report ideas, a chronology, and further resources.
Follows the letters of two pen pals from war-ravaged north and south Sudan describing the differences in their daily lives and their hope for peace. Discusses the history, landscape, people, and religion of each side; and details the harsh conditions and fighting in the south. Also offers information on the latest political developments. Features color photographs, a glossary, and further resources.
Daoud Hari recounts his efforts to educate the world about the brutal genocide taking place in Darfur, describing how he takes journalists into the heart of the country to reveal the horror his people face on a daily basis and discussing how he has helped survivors find food, water, and safety.
When war comes to a small village in southern Sudan, young Poni must run for her life and begins a long and dangerous trek across the east African countryside with thousand of refugees to a camp in Kenya, but along the way many die from starvation, land mines, wild animals and despair.
walking the lost boys' path from the Sudan to America
Deng, Ayuel Leek
2008
Traces the lives of two young boys from Sudan, Ayuel Leek and Beny Ngor Chol, who flee persecution in the form of starvation and violence, walk to Ethiopia, survive in refugee camps, and eventually reach the United States, where they are mentored in college so they can achieve their goal of helping other Sudanese.
