Chol Abraham Clei

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Born in Anyidi village, east of Bor, Sudan in 1982. I went to Anyidi primary school in 1988-1990. When the war started by SPLA in 1983 escalated and reached our village, I was displaced. John Garang De Mabior had a better idea for displaced children like me. He formed what he called the Red Army and mobilized all the kids. We were going to study in liberated areas where he had control over and John Garang became our new father. With the help of assigned guardians, we trekked nearly 700 kilometers to Polataka in Eastern Equatoria region, avoiding main roads, towns and settlements. We were united with several other kids from different villages. We didn't know each other but it was a chance to meet friends for the first time whose language I couldn't understand. At the age of 8, I started my school in a new found home. But what was going to be a better school started with some sort of military training, tactics, drills and intense labor. Without parents to look up to, life had totally changed and I had to develop a new attitude to cope with the unfolding chain of events. To be continued.....)

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Give Me Peace

Just a twinkle of light, a little more breeze and a deep breathe.
Yes! I long for hope,
ill-nurtured and abandoned young.
In the fields of opulence where greed dominates
In the cone of confusion I call motherland
I roll a dry tongue around cracked lips
For the taste of sweat is great, when I don't have to wage a bulldog war.
So give me peace

In the abyss of ignorance, lack of conscience and truth
We got rid of our brothers, oh! world how indifferent you have been
With intricate patterns of compassion and complaisance you gaze
A little mumbles and we don't have peace
So give me peace

The illusion of superiority invites hatred
Whence comes worries and war
So am tasked with a sword
To guard a syndicate with evil intentions
In the cone of confusion I call motherland
I am not free, just yet
So give me peace

My hopes lie stretched
Under a premeditated acts of repression and recession
What a bounty of choice
To reconcile with our arrogant self and unruly brothers
Or face the perils of universal justice
It's never too late, to search for a lasting peace
We need peace
So give us peace

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