Hinterlands of Hope: A Lost Boy's Journey from the southern Sudan War Zones

by Daniel Yamun Ukang

Overview

At the age of six Daniel Yamun Ukang fled in terror from his home in South Sudan when the Khartoum Government attacked his village. Forced to fend for himself, Daniel trekked more than a thousand miles across the Sahara to Ethiopia seeking refuge. "Hinterlands of Hope" is the real-life account of the challenges faced by a Lost Boy during the Second Sudanese Civil War. Daniel's journey of hope and hardship will be etched in your heart and memory forever. Join him as he is forced to leave his home behind and brave the fiercest desert in the world.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781098313661
Publisher:	BookBaby
Publication date:	08/06/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	212
File size:	4 MB

About the Author

Daniel Yamun Ukang, of the South Sudan Luo tribe, immigrated to San Diego, California in 2001 as a refugee from the Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya where he lived for more than a decade with sixteen thousand other Lost Boys. He is the president of the California Sudanese Lost Boys and Girls Foundation, a non-profit organization that fosters community-based assistance to the San Diego Lost Boys and provides school supplies to Awoda Primary School in South Sudan. Daniel enjoys playing soccer, listening to gospel music, and spending time with his family. He lives in San Diego with his wife, Mary, and their four children.

Table of Contents

Foreword 1

Preface 3

Introduction 9

Part I Homeland 13

Chapter 1 Village on Fire 15

Chapter 2 Homelife 19

Chapter 3 A Primer for Apocalypse 35

Part II Hinterlands 45

Chapter 4 The Sahara Desert 47

Chapter 5 Perseverance 53

Chapter 6 What Lies Ahead 61

Chapter 7 The Gilo River 67

Part III Borderlands 73

Chapter 8 Pochalla 75

Chapter 9 Narus Refugee Camp 87

Chapter 10 Kakuma 95

Chapter 11 Something That Makes You Happy 97

Chapter 12 The Struggles Continue 103

Part IV Heartland 109

Chapter 13 Better to Fall From a Tree 111

Chapter 14 Courting Danger 119

Chapter 15 Secret Rendezvous 127

Chapter 16 A Promise is a Promise 133

Part V New Land 139

Chapter 17 A Foreign Land 141

Chapter 18 Homecoming 153

Chapter 19 Phony or Real? 159

Chapter 20 Five Years Apart 163

Chapter 21 Reunions 173

Chapter 22 A New Life 181

Afterword 193