Sudanese Essays

  • Capoeira

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    The Africans first arrived by the hundreds and later by the thousands (approximately four million in total).Three major African groups contributed in large numbers to the slave population in Brazil, the Sudanese group, composed largely of Yoruba and Dahomean peoples, the Mohammedanized Guinea-Sudanese groups of Malesian and Hausa peoples, and the "Bantu" groups (among them Kongos, Kimbundas, and Kasanjes) from Angola, Congo and Mozambique. The Bantu groups are believed to have been the foundation

  • Ethnic Cleansing in Sudan

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    Ethnic Cleansing in Sudan The government of Sudan is responsible for 'ethnic cleansing' and crimes against humanity in Darfur, which is located on Sudan's western border with Chad (. The Sudanese government, along with the Arab 'Janjaweed' militias they arm and support, have attacked the civilians of the African Fur, Masalit and Zaghawa ethnic groups. These attacks involved massacres, summary executions of civilians, burnings of towns and villages, and the forceful depopulation of Fur, Masalit

  • Sudanese Communities

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    there are affable and tolerant of foreigners. In order to get there take the bus to the Wehdat transit center. Then take the Khrebat minibus and tell the chauffeur to drop you off at Hajja Nima bus station. Once there, ask any passerby about the Sudanese men who live at Hajja Nima lodging. Everybody in that neighborhood knows where they live. They will be happy to show you the community and assist you to find an apartment or a house for a discounted rent. They are very good men. Some of them used

  • Genital Mutilation In Sudan

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    The lights are dim and the voices quiet. Tension fills the room where Nafisa, a six-year-old Sudanese girl lies on a bed in the corner. Her aunt, 25-year-old Zeinab, watches protectively as her niece undergoes the procedure now known as female genital mutilation (FGM), formerly called female circumcision. In this procedure, performed without anaesthesia, a girl's external sexual organs are partially or totally cut away. Zeinab does not approve. For the past year she has been trying to persuade

  • Essay On Sudanese War

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    The Second Sudanese War is one of the world’s major religious wars caused by conflict between Islam and Christianity. It lasted for over 22 years, from 1983 to 2005, mainly between the Sudanese government and the Sudan People’s Liberation Army. Despite its origins in Southern Sudan, the war spilled over to the Blue Nile and Nuba Mountains regions causing 4 million people in Sudan to be displaced. Their deprivation is further exacerbated by the significant human rights abuses under the regime. The

  • Second Sudanese Civil War

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    the political realm. Prospective outlooks of a country can be altered by war, a proposal that will be demonstrated in this analysis, as war can ostensibly transform a nation, and change a continent. A substantiated concept evidenced by the Second Sudanese Civil War, as the prior is essentially responsible for the recent succession of South Sudan, dissociating two ethnical groups, forcibly put together by former colonialist ties. It was a Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) that ended their two decade

  • The Unique Sudanese Culture

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    Sudan, it is ubiquitous that every civilian does not have an equal opportunity as well substantial support to obtain quality food, shelter, safety, clothing, and medical care. Due to the social injustices found in Sudan, it is axiomatic that the Sudanese culture is very diverse from the culture found in the United States. Material culture is important in every culture and country; it represents the identity of each nation. To fully understand Sudan, one must learn about their material culture. Stated

  • Sudanese Women Case Study

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    Women and mental health in Displaced or Refugee settings: The Case of the Sudanese Women Introduction Globally, women make up the majority of all the internally displaced persons (IDPs) and refugees despite their lack of involvement in policy and program designs targeting them(Amo et al., 2011). According to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the internally displaced persons (IDPs) are defined as people who have left their homes for reasons ranging from natural disasters,

  • Analysis Of Salva In Crossing The Akobo Desert

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    When the Sudanese civil war reached his village in 1985, eleven-year-old Salva became separated from his family and must walk with other Dinka tribe members through southern Sudan and Ethiopia in search of safe haven. One of the challenges Salva and the rest of the Dinka tribe faced was the Akobo Desert. I believe that Salva survived crossing the Akobo Desert mostly because of his personal qualities, such as bravery and persistence, and that luck had little to do with his survival. One example of

  • South Sudanese Australian Community Leadership

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    Thank you message from the South Sudanese Australian Community Leadership in the ACT to its community members regarding the fundraising held on April 23, 2016. On my behalf and that of the South Sudanese Australian Community Association leadership team in the ACT, I want to thanks community members, guests and dignitaries for attending, for the time they spent, speeches they delivered and more importantly for unreservedly contributions on April 23, 2016 fundraising event. Furthermore, we want

  • Analysis Of Linda Sue Park's A Long Walk To Water

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    In the novel, A Long Walk To Water, by Linda Sue Park; Nya is a young Nuer gir. She lives in Sudan during the 2000’s, walking for water daily. When rather Salva is a young Dinka boy. He is living in Sudan during the 1900-2000’s time period; facing many challenges living in a time of war, and trying to make his way to America. Both Nya and Salva are children during two different time periods, and two different tribes; in on country. Salva is an eleven year old boy living in Sudan. His father is the

  • sudan

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    to civil war until after its independence in 1956. However, when the Second Sudanese Civil War erupted in Sudan, it came with a plethora of negative effects on both the countries economy and the citizens of Sudan. The first impact that the Second Sudanese Civil War had was economical degradation. Prior to the Second Sudanese Civil War, Sudan did not have the best economy. However, during periods of the Second Sudanese Civil War, Sudan experienced one of its worst economies ever. One example of

  • The Lost Boys Essay

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    1898, until 1956, Britain and Egypt jointly had control over Sudan in what was called the Condominium, which caused conflict in Sudan (“The Sudanese Civil…”). Because of the civil war in Sudan, The Lost Boys became a group of refugees who had to evacuate their homeland (Bollag). The boys in southern Sudan were an underprivileged group even before the Sudanese Civil War broke

  • Conflict in South Sudan

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    Conflict in South Sudan While still struggling to achieve peace with Sudan since its independence in 2011, South Sudan is now rife with inner-conflict. Rebel forces led by the former Vice-President Riek Machar want to overthrow the South Sudanese government, led by President Salva Kiir. The U.S. must intervene in South Sudan, as it is an enduring interest within our National Security Strategy to maintain “An international order advanced by U.S. leadership that promotes peace, security, and opportunity

  • Salva Kiir's Speech 'Former Nelson Mandelas'

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    South Sudanese independence thus far has been quite detrimental than beneficial to the people of South Sudan. On July 9, 2011, the 54th African state was born. Independence was fought to fight challenges that, as part of Sudan it endured for 56 years; however its current state has brought about challenges from within . This essay will discuss a brief history of Sudan and South Sudan and then analyse President Salva kiir’s speech in contrast to Former Nelson Mandelas’. In 1956 Sudan gained independence

  • How Does Salva Make Survival In A Long Walk To Water

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    the hopes of finding his long-lost family. Salva is the main character in the book A Long Walk To Water by Linda Sue Park; it is a historical account of the Lost Boys of Sudan during the fight for separation of South and North Sudan, in the Second Sudanese Civil War. There were many factors that played into the characters’ survival like fighting, food and water, and disease among others. Some factors that made Salva’s survival possible include; a code of honor for his parents and family, to encouragement

  • Lost Boys Research Paper

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    Lost Boys of South Sudan was a name given to the thousands of young boys orphaned or torn from their families by the Sudanese Civil War. These young boys walked sometimes as much as a thousand miles to reach refugee camps in Ethiopia and Kenya. The US allowed as many as 4000 Lost Boys to emigrate to America providing them with endless opportunities. Gia Nyok and Lopez Lomong were able to reach prominence in America and help their communities in Sudan despite the struggles they endured as Lost

  • A Long Walk To Water Analysis

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    Billal Ibrahim Block #3 A Long Walk To Water, Literary Analysis Essay In the book, A Long Walk To Water, by Linda Sue Park, Salva realizes that pain is part of life and he just has to push through it. Salva learned while walking through the desert, if you want to go the way you go, pain is sometimes in the path, you just have to push through it. “The first day in the desert felt like the longest day Salva had ever lived through. The sun was relentless and eternal: There was neither a wisp

  • Character Analysis: Walk Two Moon

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    Walk Two Moons In the book Walk Two Moons By Sharon Creech, A teenage girl named Sal Hiddle goes through many many changes where she has to face her fears. Sal goes through lots of internal feelings losing her mom,moving away from bybanks, and losing her grandma. When Sal was younger she had to face one of many fears…. Pregnant Women. Sals mom was pregnant and was due to have a baby soon but it all changed when Sal decided to climb a Maple Tree…. While sal was climbing the maple tree she fell

  • Character Analysis: A Long Walk To Water

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    Salva Survival: His Persistence, His Luck, and His Uncle You're in South Sudan with your uncle and some other people help you don’t know, you also you don’t know what to do and, there is a war going on also, there is a lot of madness going on in the country. Finally, you just don’t know what to do! That is what exactly happened to an 11 year old Dinka, and Dinka is a type of tribe in south Sudan called a Dinka and his name is Salva Dut. A Long Walk to Water by Linda Sue Park explains what happened