Anour Letter From Sudan Tedx Yonsaai 23 1 2010

Anour, a letter from Sudan

TED Volunteer Translator Anour F.A. Dafa-Alla T echnology E ntertainment D esign

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How & Why I came to Korea?

2003~present: Korea from different angles!

No.1 KOREA Semiconductor Ship Building

Thanks to GNI Illiteracy rate 0% Life Span 80

Sudan vs. South Korea
Sudan is 10 times the size of the United Kingdom, 4.5 times the size of France; it is the
largest country in Africa!

But, Sudan….. While Sudan is list in the failed States, Corrupted states! So, To explain the present without past recognizing the past can distort the explanation (Rothe, J., 2000, p.XX). Semiconductor Ship Building

Massive Taharqa statue discovered deep in Sudan Kings 19:9 9 Quote: Now Sennacherib received a report that Tirhakah, the Cushitea [a] king of Egypt , was marching out to fight against him. So he again sent messengers to Hezekiah with this word:

The Nile River The White Nile coming from lake VICTORIA,UGANDA, joins the Blue Nile which is coming from lake TANA, Ethiopia at Khartoum confluence.

Modern History of Sudan at the Crossroads
Invasion and Canonicalization
Liberation and Quest for freedom
Internal and External disharmony
Source

1820 Sudan lost Independence Ottoman Empire (Turkey)

1821/22 - 1881/85 EGYPTIAN SUDAN THE EVE OF COLONIALISM 1874-1882 NORTHERN SUDAN EGYPTIAN 1832-1840 Source

Sudanese Mahdiyya State MAHDIYYA 1882 - 1898 Source

Sudan, 1899 – 1918 Source

Modern Sudan Source

Anglo-Egyptian Condominium Rule (Sept. 2, 1898 – Jan. 1, 1956) Governor’s flag Joint UK flag Jan 19, 1899 to Jan 1, 1956 Joint Egypt flag Source

What Happened during this period? 1956-1970 Nile-Desert-Forest Country Deceleration Excluded some people! 1970-present called the pan-Arab colors 1956 Sudan peaceful independence from British-Egypto According to the 1956 census, conducted by the colonial regime, 69% of the population registered as “ African ” and 31% claimed to be “ Arab ” (Mabior, G., 1995, p.5).

War & Genocide!
The first genocide (Turk-Egypto) 1822
The Second Genocide (British) 1898
South Sudan 1983~2005
Darfur 2003
Genocide is the deliberate and systematic destruction, in whole or in part, of an ethnic, racial, religious, or national group. WikiPedia.org

Proxy Wars!
South Sudan was closed by the British!
1955 – 1972 (South vs. Central Govt’ )
1983-2005
Longest war in Africa !
Darfur
(Western vs. Central Govt’)
2003-present
∙∙∙∙ War Stop ∙∙∙∙ War Start Civil wars = LOST THE IDENTITY Ideology!

2.5 million people have perished due to war and natural disasters 70% of the population has been displaced during the war Women together with children account for over 80% of those displaced Influx of refugees to other countries Disintegration of the family unit (SRRA, 1996, p.23) Different forms of violence against women intensively increased Negative economic and social impact Education and health services were early casualties of conflict Destruction of infrastructure
Military coup ! 3 times~ 43 years/54 years! Effects of the War on the civil society in the S. Sudan

People of Sudan

1953 2010 1953 2010

Korea Sae-Ma-Uel Undong Diligence, Self help, cooperation. A bottom-up approach to heal our nation after resolving the Identity conflict.

Sudan has: Great History Young Population Natural Resources Fertile Lands Nile River etc…

Resolving Identity through Education
Investment in Education
Infra-structure
Agriculture-related Technology
Adapting Sae-Maul-Undong movement (Sudanese version).

Closing Thoughts When you are in failure or decline situation, the other choice is to successes! We’ve all the givens that supports our country’s development, but the will. And the will has strong relation with “who you are” and “what you want to do”! And that’s the Identity…we need to regain our Identity “Sudanese” and March! If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go Far, Go together!

Anour Letter From Sudan Tedx Yonsaai 23 1 2010

by Anwar F.A. Dafa-Alla on Jan 24, 2010

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