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DANIEL GARANG
FEBRUARY 21, 2001
My name is Daniel Mabut Garang. I am Sudanese
by nationality, Dinka by tribe. I was born 19 years ago in a town called
Bor. I am the first born of my father and mother. My father was a farmer
and also owned a store. Like many people in the Dinka tribe, when I was
younger we depended on dairy cattle for our living. We Dinkas also cultivated
crops. I lived a happy life in the countryside with my father, mother,
grandfather and uncles. But when war broke out, our lives changed completely.
My Life in the Countryside
In the early 1980s, the Arabs began bombing our countryside
from their planes and killing people. They attacked us all the time.
They also raided our cattle and burnt down our store when we ran away
for safety. Life became very difficult for us.
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