WORLD HISTORY

COLONIALISM AND IMPERIALISM

COLONIALISM AND ITS ANALYSIS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Why were they called the Lost Boys?
A
They got lost while wandering around in the African wild
B
Because they wandered around Africa
C
They became child soldiers during the Sudanese Civil War
D
Because they were displaced or orphaned during the Sudanese Civil War
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Most just six or seven years old, they fled to Ethiopia to escape death or induction into the northern army. They walked more than a thousand miles, half of them dying before reaching Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya. The survivors of this tragic exodus became known as the Lost Boys of Sudan.

Detailed explanation-2: -The Lost Boys of Sudan refers to a group of over 20, 000 boys of the Nuer and Dinka ethnic groups who were displaced or orphaned during the Second Sudanese Civil War (1987–2005). Two million were killed and others were severely affected by the conflict.

Detailed explanation-3: -Salva was among some 20, 000 children, mostly boys between 7 and 17 years of age, according to UNICEF, who were separated from their families during the war and ran into the bush and who came to be known as the “lost boys of Sudan”.

Detailed explanation-4: -"Lost Boy, Lost Girl: Escaping Civil War in Sudan” by John Bul Dau tells the story of two young children who had their lives disrupted by war. They each traveled far by foot, fighting rebels and starvation, to reach a refugee camp.

Detailed explanation-5: -Lost Boys of Sudan is a documentary film by Megan Mylan and Jon Shenk about two Dinka boys from Sudan, Santino Majok Chuor and Peter Nyarol Dut, who reached the United States after fleeing the civil war in their country.

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