John Kaui: The Second Sudanese Civil War

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An eight-year-old boy named John Kaui lived through the Second Sudanese Civil War. One night, he was cleaning a cattle pen with his father while his mother was occupied with household chores in their hut. His older brothers had taken the cattle to a nearby water site. The calm night changed suddenly in a tragic turn of events as Northern soldiers bombarded the pen and shot his father. “…That’s how [he] became separated from [his] family…” After losing his family, John found his uncle and began a three-month journey to refugee camps in Ethiopia (Hecht). The Second Sudanese civil war began in 1983 due to a cultural conflict. The North had a large Muslim population, while the South primarily consisted of Christians and tribal people. The Northern