Vocabulary Human Rights Basic rights and freedoms that all humans are entitled to Ex Right to life fair treatment under the law etc httpwwwyoutubecomwatchvkbul3hxYGNU Genocide Violent crimes committed against a group of people with the intention to destroyeliminate that group ID: 301136
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Sudan
VocabularySlide5
Human Rights
Basic rights and freedoms that all humans are entitled to
Ex. Right to life, fair treatment under the law, etc.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbul3hxYGNUSlide6
Genocide
Violent crimes committed against a group of people with the intention to destroy/eliminate that group.Slide7
Ethnic Group
A group of individuals who share a common, unique self-identitySlide8
Refugee
A person who flees (leaves) his/her country for safetySlide9
Refugee Camp
A camp built as a temporary home for people escaping danger in their country.Slide10
Lost Boys
A group of more than 27,000 boys from Sudan who became refugees and/or orphans as a result of the war.
- many died during their journey to seek safety
- the USA eventually allowed 3,600 of them to move hereSlide11
Janjaweed
Armed gunmen, connected to the Sudanese government, responsible for mass killings in Sudan Slide12
Ethnic Conflicts- SudanSlide13
History of Religious Influence in the Region
Nubia was converted to Christianity in the 6th Century.
Islam begins to enter the north in the 7
th
Century
Islam takes hold in the south in the 15
th
Century.Sudan is the size of the US from the Mississippi River to the east coast
Ethnic Conflicts- in SudanSlide14
Ethnic Conflicts- in Sudan
When
the British
colonized the Sudan, they divided the country and ignored tribal boundaries, and religious differences.
When the British withdrew from the Sudan, they favored Arab Sudanese. This set the stage for
Civil War
which has lasted for fifty years.
Conflict between
Arab Muslims
and Black Muslims has led to genocide in Darfur and a refugee crisis.
Janjaweed, or gunmen in Sudan, attacked Black Muslims in retaliation for the Black Muslim attacks against the government.Slide15
Ethnic Conflicts- in Sudan
2.5 Million
died in 22
years
6.0 Million
Displaced
Children, girls and women taken as slaves; Lost Boys flee…Slide16
Ethnic Conflicts- in Sudan
The Diaspora
Four Million internally displaced
Two Million external
refugees
. A refugee is someone who leaves their country because of persecution. Slide17
Ethnic Conflicts- in Sudan
The Lost Boys Survive to Tell the Story
1987 – Khartoum Government begins major campaign to destroy the South.
Tens of thousands of boys (and some girls), ages 6-10 flee to
Ethiopia
.
Thousands die on the way
Settled in
refugee camps
and begin some level of educationSlide18
Ethnic Conflicts- in Sudan
1987 – 1992 Ethiopia Refugee Camp
1991 – Khartoum
pays Ethiopia
to capture the Lost Boys
The Lost Boys flee back into
Sudan
They are pursued and attacked by the Muslim North and
eventually flee to
Kenya
for safetySlide19Slide20
There are Thousands of Widows and Orphans who have no clothes or homes to sleep in, or schools to go to…
90% of Sudan is
Illiterate
There are no
medical services
in most of the villages
Ethnic Conflicts- in SudanSlide21Slide22
Sudan
VocabularySlide23
Human Rights
Basic rights and freedoms that all humans are entitled to
Ex. Right to life, fair treatment under the law, etc.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kbul3hxYGNUSlide24
Genocide
Violent crimes committed against a group of people with the intention to destroy/eliminate that group.Slide25
Ethnic Group
A group of individuals who share a common, unique self-identitySlide26
Refugee
A person who flees (leaves) his/her country for safetySlide27
Refugee Camp
A camp built as a temporary home for people escaping danger in their country.Slide28
Lost Boys
A group of more than 27,000 boys from Sudan who became refugees and/or orphans as a result of the war.
- many died during their journey to seek safety
- the USA eventually allowed 3,600 of them to move hereSlide29
Janjaweed
Armed gunmen, connected to the Sudanese government, responsible for mass killings in Sudan Slide30
Ethnic Conflicts- SudanSlide31
History of Religious Influence in the Region
Nubia was converted to Christianity in the 6th Century.
Islam begins to enter the north in the 7
th
Century
Islam takes hold in the south in the 15
th
Century.Sudan is the size of the US from the Mississippi River to the east coast
Ethnic Conflicts- in SudanSlide32
Ethnic Conflicts- in Sudan
When
the British
colonized the Sudan, they divided the country and ignored tribal boundaries, and religious differences.
When the British withdrew from the Sudan, they favored Arab Sudanese. This set the stage for
Civil War
which has lasted for fifty years.
Conflict between
Arab Muslims
and Black Muslims has led to genocide in Darfur and a refugee crisis.
Janjaweed, or gunmen in Sudan, attacked Black Muslims in retaliation for the Black Muslim attacks against the government.Slide33
Ethnic Conflicts- in Sudan
2.5 Million
died in 22
years
6.0 Million
Displaced
Children, girls and women taken as slaves; Lost Boys flee…Slide34
Ethnic Conflicts- in Sudan
The Diaspora
Four Million internally displaced
Two Million external
refugees
. A refugee is someone who leaves their country because of persecution. Slide35
Ethnic Conflicts- in Sudan
The Lost Boys Survive to Tell the Story
1987 – Khartoum Government begins major campaign to destroy the South.
Tens of thousands of boys (and some girls), ages 6-10 flee to
Ethiopia
.
Thousands die on the way
Settled in
refugee camps
and begin some level of educationSlide36
Ethnic Conflicts- in Sudan
1987 – 1992 Ethiopia Refugee Camp
1991 – Khartoum
pays Ethiopia
to capture the Lost Boys
The Lost Boys flee back into
Sudan
They are pursued and attacked by the Muslim North and
eventually flee to
Kenya
for safetySlide37Slide38
There are Thousands of Widows and Orphans who have no clothes or homes to sleep in, or schools to go to…
90% of Sudan is
Illiterate
There are no
medical services
in most of the villages
Ethnic Conflicts- in Sudan