Joseph's book reviewed in UN Newsletter

Joseph's memoir, From Africa to America, got a nice short review in a UN Newsletter about the UN's work in Sudan.

This moving book
shows the sense of
responsibility that Lost
Boys of Sudan, now
scattered all over the
globe as refugees or
expatriates, feel for each
other as well as for divided
families. The author
conveys these aspects of
their culture and beliefs
as he tells his personal
story of a journey
begun in childhood two
decades ago. The book
tells a powerful story
of struggles, loyalty,
failures, perseverance
and triumphs.

BBC stories about Sudan

The BBC covers Africa better than any other major western news organization, and within their website is a page that collects stories about Sudan. Darfur has understandably gotten much of the attention lately, but for anyone wanting to know more about Sudan as a whole, this page is a good place to start.

Kakuma on Google Maps

I occasionally check Google Maps and Google Earth to see what level of detailed information is available for viewing Kenya and Sudan. The last time I checked, the level of detail was not good. Today, I visited Kakuma Kenya through Google Maps and found a clear image of the UN compound (the square at the bottom at the image) and the sprawling camps of Kakuma. Google does not yet have a good satellite image of Joseph's home village, Duk Faiwal, Sudan.


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Darfur Olympics

Mia Farrow and others have organized an alternative olympics, a darfur olympics, encouraging people to pay as much attention, and give as much time, money, and energy to stopping genocide as "we" people tend to give to the olympics and sports more generally.

Farrow is delivering a daily video cast from Darfur; other videos can be found here.

Sudan and the Olympics

The US flag bearer at the Olympics is a Lost Boy of Sudan. The story gives a lot of the general history of Lost Boys--not much about the runner himself.

The Sudanese track team got coverage in the NY Times. They train in a half-built facility in Khartoum, they lift paint cans full of rocks instead of weights, but the team is made up members from different tribes who eat and train together. Jackie Robinson broke the color barrier in baseball; maybe sports can break some old tensions in Sudan.