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myth sets this example when looking at Amma's eight creations from the clay. All of the eight creations had a dual-soul as male or female. The Dogon myth was not the only religion to teach this, Lugbara people of Uganda also believe in dual-soul. The Dinka myth also shows the relationship between humanity and gods in African religions by teaching the idea of morals. This myth shows that selfish and greedy actions will lead in punishments or doom from the High Gods.…

million times. A Long Walk to Water written by Linda Sue Park is a true story about the war crisis in Sudan. An 11 year old boy named Salva Dut has to leave everything behind, even his family when the gunfire from the war hit his village of Loun-Ariik (Dinka village). Salva walked for months and months across an arid desert to reach safety at a refugee camp in Ethiopia only to be kicked out. Then when he moves to another refugee camp in Kenya, he is chosen among many others to go to America…

water thus this water and sanitation crisis consequently resulted in 400,000 water-related deaths in Africa (Saliu). Additionally, in South Sudan, the water contamination peaked during the South Sudanese civil war. Two primary South Sudan tribes, the Dinka and the Nuer fought against each other, leaving drastically damaged aftermath. The oil infrastructure was demolished, leaving 180,000 to 500,000 people as…

Choices are well known due to their ability to affect lives. Choices are sometimes loved and other times, detested. Choice, however, always leads to two ideas. Those ideas are community and identity. Those ideas are even visible in the novel A Long Walk to Water, in which the real-life protagonist Salva walks away from the Sudan civil war and later founds Water for South Sudan. Children that walk to school, as shown in the film On the Way to School also understand these ideas. But how? Choices…

was over thrown. The International Religious Freedom Act was passed in 1998, this law made exterminating global religious persecution a goal of American foreign policy. The United States then help Sudan during their civil war, the Arab North and the Dinka South. George Washington, did more to free…

to become a fresh vibrant new nation, its image has been tainted with accusations of political corruption and mischief within the government. In 2013 when South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir dismissed Vice President Riek Machar. Their ethnic groups Dinka (Kiir’s group) and (Nuer’s group) broke out fighting in the streets. For this assignment I would like analyze the effect this friction in government has influenced and caused major issues in the political spheres within South Sudan. I selected…

In A Long Walk to Water, Linda Sue Park tells a true story about one of the thousands of Lost Boys of Sudan, named Salva. Salva ran when the Second Sudanese Civil War hit his village. This story takes place in Southern Sudan to Ethiopia to Kenya. He moves from country to country to get away from the war. Also Linda made up a character, named Nya. Just to incite how life was after the war. Linda Sue Park’s main character, Salva survived by being strategic, by getting help from others, and by…

a dual narrative. In the first storyline, Nya is a eleven year old girl, who is in the Nuer tribe, she lives in South Sudan. She must fetch water two times every day. In the second storyline, Salva, who is also an eleven year old boy, part of the Dinka tribe, and lives in South Sudan. Salva is forced to leave South Sudan, because of civil war. Both characters struggle to survive. Linda Sue Park wants readers to know that they should never give up. In Nyas storyline she faces many hardships. In…

The aims and objectives of this review is to evaluate the views of the South Sudanese refugees in ACT to discover their challenges. The aim of evaluation is to capture attention from the perspective of participants in services delivery for South Sudanese refugee’s residing in Canberra. The assessment will use difference way to collect information of challenging issues from South Sudanese participants. The investigation will find out what barriers limited their ability to be integrated into…

A Long Walk to Water, by Linda Sue Park, is about an 11-year-old boy named Salva. He lives in Southern Sudan in 1985, during the Second Sudanese Civil War. He ends up having to flee his village, Loun-Ariik, not knowing if he will ever see his family again. The factors that made survival possible for Salva are individuals, such as Uncle, groups/organizations, like the refugee camps, and Salva's strength, both physical and psychological. Salva would not have been able to make it to the…