Conflict and Sudan

Conflict and Sudan

​Pre-reading context for "A Long Walk to Water"

A LONG WALK TO WATER

THIS HAS TWO STORYLINES. ONE IN 1985 (SALVA) in SUDAN and ONE IN 2008 (NYA) IN SOUTH SUDAN. SALVA IS A LOST BOY OF SUDAN. NYA LIVES WITH HER TRIBE.

Listen & answer

Today's class will have a lot of information, but we will do quiz questions as we go.

The winner might win a prize!

EXAMPLE

Sudan used to be one country. In 2011, they split into 2 countries:

Sudan (officially the Republic of Sudan) and South Sudan.

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• Sudan and South Sudan

• are countries

• in the northeast of

• the continent of

• Africa

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South Sudan

Sudan

South Africa (not Sudan)

Also not Sudan

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South Sudan

The Republic of Sudan

North Sudan

SUDAN TIMELINE
& HISTORY

EGYPT & BRITAIN RULE CREATES INEQUALITIES BETWEEN THE NORTH (Arabic) & SOUTH (Black AFRICAN)

​​1805 - 1899

Independence from the U.K.

NoRTH HAS GOVERNMENTAL
POWER. SOUTH WANTS REPRESENTATION. CIVIL WAR.

ENDS WITH A PEACE AGREEMENT

1955 - 1972

THE SECOND SUDANESE CIVIL WAR. 2 + DECADES. 2.5 MILLION DEAD. LOTS OF REFUGEES. ENDS WITH ANOTHER PEACE AGREEMENT

1983 - 2005

SALVA'S STORY: 1985

NYA'S STORY: 2008

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• The first Sudanese Civil War started in

• 1955

• and ended in

• 1972

• with a peace agreement

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• Start of the first civil war

• Start of the second civil war

• End of the first civil war

• End of the second civil war

• Salva's story

1955

1983

1972

2005

1985

• 1955

• 1983

• 1972

• 2005

• 1985

Independence. South sudan voted to separate from Sudan (the republic of).

2011

2013 - 2018

Ongoing violence leads to the south sudanese civil war

coronavirus complicates a lot of the existing problems in south sudan

2020

2021 - 2022

SOUTH SUDAN is 10 years OLD AND THE U.N. WARNS OF ANOTHER CONFLICT

Multiple Choice

Which one was NOT a civil war?

• The First Sudanese Civil War

• The Second Sudanese Civil War

• The South Sudanese Civil War

• The North Sudanese Civil War

Multiple Choice

Which one affects the story in A Long Walk to Water?

• The First Sudanese Civil War

• The Second Sudanese Civil War

• The South Sudanese Civil War

• The North Sudanese Civil War

2.5 million people died as a result of the war, disease and famine (no food).

4 million people were displaced at least once, but usually many, many times during the war.

Around 2.3 million people fled (RAN AWAY) TO NEARBY COUNTRIES

Multiple Choice

What does 'displaced' mean?

• Forced to move

• Run away

• Hurt or injured

• Enlisted in the army

Multiple Choice

What does 'flee' mean?

• Forced to move

• Died

• Hurt or injured

• Enlisted in the army

TRIBES OF SUDAN

Sudan is made up of MANY TRIBES. THE TWO WE NEED TO KNOW ARE:

NUER (Nya's TRIBE)

DINKA (Salva's TRIBE)

NUER

This tribe speaks the NUER language. THey herd cattle (Cows)

NYA (2008 story) belongs to the NUER

DINKA

THEY SPEAK THE DINKA LANGUAGE, WHICH HAS LOTS OF DIALECTS THAT ARE VERY DIFFERENT. THE CLOSEST LANGUAGE IS NUER. THEY ARE MADE UP OF MANY SMALLER GROUPS AND BELIEVE IN MANY GODS

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• Salva comes from

• the Dinka tribe and

• Nya comes from the

• Nuer tribe.

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Multiple Choice

TRUE OR FALSE? Dinka and Nuer are the only tribes in Sudan

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

TRUE OR FALSE? Dinka and Nuer tribes often have fighting / conflict?

• TRUE

• FALSE

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Wanted representation

Government

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Arabic

Black African

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A Long Walk to Water

Not

THE LOST BOYS OF SUDAN

SALVA DUT IS A REAL PERSON AND LINDA SUE PARK WROTE A FICTIONALISED VERSION OF HIS STORY

THE LOST BOYS OF SUDAN

HE IS A LOST BOY OF SUDAN. 20 000 BOYS OF thE DINKA AND NUER TRIBES WERE DISPLACED. THEY HAD to RUN AWAY TO AVOID BEING MADE to FIGHT

MANY ENDED UP IN REFUGEE CAMPS IN ETHIOPIA AND KENYA. more than 3600 were given new lives in the U.S.A. in 2001

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• Salva Dut is a real person who was a

• Lost Boy of Sudan.

• A Long Walk to Water

• is fiction

• based on his story.

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Match

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• Salva Dut

• Salva

• Nya

• Linda Sue Park

Real Lost Boy of Sudan

Fictional Lost Boy of Sudan

Fictional Nuer tribe member

Author of A Long Walk to Water

• Real Lost Boy of Sudan

• Fictional Lost Boy of Sudan

• Fictional Nuer tribe member

• Author of A Long Walk to Water

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