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PEOPLE & LANGUAGES
One of the chief and immediate concerns for all resettled communities is
learning the local language. Language teaching institutions, in countries
that receive Sudanese people, need to be aware of the educational
background of their students.
Apart from birth-country, it is difficult to pin-point a unifying feature
of all the people of Sudan. Sudanese people can have vastly different
values, languages, beliefs and collective histories to their Sudanese-born
neighbours. This fact is probably best illustrated by the recent war in
Sudan, which has been fought for decades on a number of fronts (North -
South and intertribal especially).
This page serves to illustrate the significant variations that exist
between different groups, subcultures and tribes within Sudan and
therefore, among the Sudanese Diaspora. This research aims to inform
people of the nuances and intricacies that make the Sudanese Diaspora so
varied and diverse.
This page also provides access to research concerning the different people
of Sudan and the languages spoken by them. It also contains information
about the educational past of many Sudanese refugees before they flee
Sudan itself or the surrounding refugee camps.
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The Lost Boys of Sudan; documentary and materials (website)
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The documentary film on the Lost Boys of Sudan was made in 2003 and has since been shown around the world. This site is about the film and the boys who featured in it, their resettlement experience from Kakuma refugee camp to the U.S.A. It also includes educational materials for schools on topics such as refugees, human rights, community based learning and much more. A package of essays by journalists and scholars provides further background material on Sudan. |
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