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Sudan: Slipping Back in Time
| Length: | 44 min |
| Released: | 2001 |
| Ages: |
College Adult |
In addition to the other cruelties of the civil war in Sudan, slavery has become big business. Dinka women and children are abducted by militiamen in the south and sold as slaves to their Arab enemies. Southern Sudan is black African, while the north is Islamic.
It takes $50 to buy a slave’s freedom. A Christian aid organization has been buying the slaves from their Arab captors. Many of the freed slaves tell of the abuse they suffered and of their longing to be reunited with their loved ones. There are those in the West who disapprove of buying the slaves their freedom because the slave traders profit.
The film very graphically shows how the country has suffered from the civil war. Millions have died or been displaced, the farmers can’t raise their crops, and food is in short supply. Paradoxically, the war costs the country one million dollars a day, which is what the U.N. sends in food aid.
It takes $50 to buy a slave’s freedom. A Christian aid organization has been buying the slaves from their Arab captors. Many of the freed slaves tell of the abuse they suffered and of their longing to be reunited with their loved ones. There are those in the West who disapprove of buying the slaves their freedom because the slave traders profit.
The film very graphically shows how the country has suffered from the civil war. Millions have died or been displaced, the farmers can’t raise their crops, and food is in short supply. Paradoxically, the war costs the country one million dollars a day, which is what the U.N. sends in food aid.
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