Gabriel Deng, Koor Garang and Garang Mayuol, Southern Sudanese "Lost Boys" in the U.S., were forced to flee Sudan as children when their villages were attacked in 1987, finding safety for a time in a refugee camp in Ethiopia until needing to flee once more, this time to Kakuma camp in Kenya. Since leaving Sudan, they have scarcely been able to obtain news about their villages or families.
What does it take to get closure?
Published July 9, 2007
David Morse, for the Pulitzer Center
This was, for all of us, a big journey. Most blogs written from the saddle like this one just kind of stop. Though I can't provide closure for myself entirely, and expect that may be true for the others - the experience is still running through us - I feel some need to say goodbye or at least "See you later" to those who have followed our journey from afar.
We are all five at Kenyatta airport (as far as I know; I'll know in a few minutes) ready to fly off the continent of Africa. We carry a myriad experiences with us. I want simply to express my gratitude for everyone who helped make this possible.
Thank you for your interest, your faith, your loving concern, and your openness to the possibilities we carry within us for a better world.
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David Morse visited South Sudan in 2005. He is writing a book about South Sudan, and an article for a national magazine. His articles have appeared in magazines such as Esquire and The Nation, in...
