Freedom From Fear: Songs of a War Boy Book Review
This is the story of Deng Adut [pronounced Dang Ahh-doot] called “Songs of a War Boy.”
At 6 he is taken from his family in South Sudan and trained as a soldier in the Sudanese People’s Liberation Army. He is marched for 33 days to Ethiopia along with 30 other kids. These boys were forced to fight in the Second Sudanese Civil War. They were brainwashed and drugged with amphetamines. The horrors this kid was exposed to are incomprehensible.
A friend of mine in Australia sent me a couple books to read based on a discussion of people we'd like to meet that we admire. This man was one of them...
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