The Rise of African Children

by Makol Kelei

Overview

"The Rise of African Children" is a mode of motivation, a wake-up call to all African leaders and all of Africa's citizens worldwide. This is an untold story about Africa. I have worked hard to break the silence about the unforgiving lives of Africa's people. I can relate to Africa's people because we share many similarities. Abraham Lincoln best expressed my sentiment saying, "A friend is one who has the same enemies as you have." This book is designed to demonstrate the unique crises millions of people face in Africa. This is the ideal companion for innocent people who are suffering because of poverty, civil wars, corrupted politics, child labor, child trafficking, child soldiers, ethnic or tribal conflicts, religious tension, HIV/AIDS, malaria, or one of many other diseases. We have failed Africans miserably. Now, only Africa's children can rise to unify Africans and restore justice, human rights, and a good solid governing. We have pointed fingers to others and forgot the roots of the African crisis.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940149442430
Publisher:	Virtualbookworm.com Publishing, Incorporated
Publication date:	05/29/2014
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	164
File size:	7 MB

About the Author

The author's native birth country is Sudan, he was born in the war torn country. Sudanese civil was one of the longest civil war in Africa, including ethnic or tribal conflicts, such as Darfur genocide; include poverty crisis in South Sudan. The Sudanese civil war broke out in 1983, between North and South. The conflict force millions of people leave the country due to the insecurity.

Kelei left his parents at an early age due insecurity and become the one of "The Lost Boys of Sudan," in the United States who escape Sudan civil war. The boys were forced to escape civil war into the bush searching for the safe place when the Sudanese government sends troops to south Sudan and start killing civilians. The journey was so long walking across the borders, and thousands of lives were loss on the way.

The boys walk barefoot thousand miles seeking for a safe place to live. They resettle in a refugee camp in Ethiopia. But, went to Kakuma refugees camp in northwest Kenya, in Turkana District after Ethiopia war in 1993, and live for about 10 years in. Therefore, in 2001, Kelei came to the United States because of an agreement made by the leader of the Sudan People Liberation Army or Movement (SPLA/M) late Dr. John Garang de Mabior, United Nations (UN), and the government of the United States (USA) with a group of boys today known as "the lost boys of Sudan" in the United States of America. The lost of Sudan are a group of boys who escape Sudan civil war to the neighbor countries, including Ethiopia, Uganda, and Kenya. He was sponsored by the Mennonite Church with two other friends.

In 2004, Kelei got his GED diploma, and he is now a college student majoring in Biology (Life Science Option) at Pennsylvania State University, and most of all his love histories. He is a witness of civil wars, poverty, and political corruption in Africa for more than his young adult time; he knows that living with the wars torn country is unforgettable experiences.