Simon Deng
Simon Aban Deng bụ onye South Sudan-American onye na-akwado ikike mmadụ bi na United States. Onye a na-agba n'ohu ụmụaka, mmemme Deng na-elekwasị anya na ịgba ohu na Sudan na na mkpebi onwe onye South Sudan..[1]
Akụkọ ndụ
dezieA mụrụ Deng n'ime obodo Shilluk[1] na ndịda Sudan. Na 1969, [2] mgbe ọ dị afọ itoolu, "ndị agha Arab wakporo obodo ya n'ụgwọ Khartoum".[3] Deng na ezinụlọ ya gbapụrụ wee kwaga n'ogige ndị gbara ọsọ ndụ na Makkal.[4] N'ebe ahụ, onye agbata obi tọọrọ ya ma kpọpụta ya na ụmụaka atọ ọzọ. N’ebe ugwu, e “nyere ya ezinụlọ Arab ka ọ bụrụ ‘onyinye".[2][3]
N'oge ya dị ka ohu, Deng na-ahụ maka ọrụ ụlọ, dị ka ịkwọ ụgbọ mmiri.[1] Ọ na-echeta na a tara ya ahụhụ maka ịzaghachi nke ọma,[1] ndị otu ụmụaka ndị ọzọ tiri ya, na enweghị ihe ọ bụla ma e wezụga "ndidi [...] na okwukwe m" dịka enyi. A manyere ya ịsị ee na ihe niile, [1] gụnyere ịta ahụhụ, ma cheta oge mgbe "naanị ihe m nwere ike ime bụ ịrịọ maka ebere [...] na ebere anaghị adị mgbe niile".A gwara Deng na a ga-emeso ya nke ọma ma ọ bụrụ na ọ ghọọ Islam, were aha Arab, ma kweta ịghọ nwa ezinụlọ; ọ jụrụ n’ihe atọ ahụ.[4]
N'afọ 1972, [5] mgbe afọ atọ na ọkara nke ịgba ohu gasịrị, Deng hụrụ ndị ikom atọ n'ahịa dị na Kosti, otu n'ime ha nwere omenala Shilluk scarification. [3][4] Ọ gakwuuru ìgwè ahụ ma gwa ha akụkọ ya. Ndị ikom ahụ maara onye si n'obodo Deng, ma kweta inyere ya aka ịhazi mgbapụ ya.[3][4] Mgbe izu ole na ole gasịrị, Deng banyere n'ụgbọ mmiri wee laghachi n'ụlọ ya. Mgbe ọ gbanahụrụ ịgba ohu, a na-eme ya scarification iji hụ na ọ ga-enwe njirimara ya mgbe niile.[4]
Deng na ezinụlọ ya mechara kwaga Khartoum, ebe ụlọ ya dị mita 50 site na Osimiri Naịl. Deng mụtara igwu mmiri n'osimiri ahụ, mgbe a jụrụ ya n'ọdọ mmiri ndị dị n'ógbè ahụ. O mechara bụrụ onye na-egwu mmiri ogologo oge.[3]
Deng gara United States na visa njem nleta na 1990, [5] ma nwee ike itinye akwụkwọ maka mgbaba ndọrọ ndọrọ ọchịchị. [6] Ugbu a, ọ na-agagharị na mba ahụ dị ka ọkà okwu, na-elekwasị anya na agụmakwụkwọ na mmegide ịgba ohu. Ọ na-arụ ọrụ dị ka onye na-echebe ndụ na Coney Island . [1]
Mgbalị
dezieNa 1993, mgbe ọ biri na United States, Deng rụrụ ọrụ dị ka onye na-eme ihe iji kwalite mmata maka ịgba ohu na Sudan.[1][2] Site na mbọ ya, ọ malitere mmekọrịta ya na Charles Jacobs iji nyere aka nyere Christian Solidarity International aka n'ịtọhapụ ndị ohu Sudan.[2] Na 1998, ọ malitere ịkọ akụkọ onwe ya banyere ịgba ohu.[5]
Na mmalite 2000s, Deng bịara mara maka nkwuwa okwu ọ na-akatọ ọchịchị Omar al-Bashir na Khartoum n'oge ahụ. Ọ haziri ngagharị iwe na New York na Washington, D.C. megide agha obodo na ndịda Sudan, ọkachasị ntọọrọ ndị nwoke, ụmụ nwanyị na ụmụaka site n'aka otu ndị agha jikọrọ aka na gọọmentị Khartoum. Ọ katọkwara mmebi ikike ụmụ mmadụ megide ndị agha ahụ metụtara.
Ọ gara n'ihu na nkwado ya mgbe agha na Darfur malitere na 2003, na-ejikọta esemokwu ahụ na esemokwu South Sudan mbụ ma na-eme ka ha yie n'agbanyeghị mmalite na ebumnuche ha dị iche iche. Mgbe a bịanyere aka na nkwekọrịta CPA nke afọ 2005 n'etiti SPLA na gọọmentị Khartoum, Deng ghọrọ onye na-akwado nnwere onwe South Sudan, na-ahụ ya dị ka nsonaazụ nke ọtụtụ iri afọ na-alụ ọgụ South Sudan maka udo, ikike mmadụ na mkpebi onwe onye.
Ngagharị iwe ya megide agha gbanwere na mkpọsa megide ịgba ohu, ka ọ nọrọ afọ iri sochirinụ na-akọrọ akụkọ ya nke ịbụ nwa ohu na afọ 1960. Ya na onye ọrụ ibe ya, onye abolitionist na onye edemede Francis Bok gara United States na Europe, na-ekerịta akụkọ ha banyere ịgba ohu ma na-akpọ maka njedebe nke agha na Sudan.
Deng ghọrọ ọkà okwu a ma ama na American Anti Slavery Group ma gbaa akaebe na Geneva Summit for Human Rights and Democracy na 2010.
N'afọ 2012, Deng gara Israel iji kwuo okwu megide ihe ịchọ mma nke ndị na-achọ ebe mgbaba na South Sudan.[7]
N'ọnwa Disemba afọ 2023, Deng duziri njem enyemaka site na Tel Aviv gaa Jerusalem iji "gosipụta ịdị n'otu nke ndị South Sudan na ọtụtụ ndị Afrịka na ndị Juu na steeti Israel". O kwukwara maka enyemaka Israel nyere ndị nnupụisi South Sudan n'oge Agha Obodo Sudan mbụ. Mgbe ọ nọ n'Izrel, ọ zutekwara ezinụlọ nke ndị e jidere n'October 7, 2023.[8][9]
Njem Nnwere Onwe nke Sudan
dezieSudan Freedom Walk nwere ike izo aka n'otu n'ime ọtụtụ ihe omume dị otú ahụ nke Simon Deng haziri iji mee ka a mara banyere nsogbu ndị ruuru mmadụ na Sudan.
- Sudan Freedom Walk, Eprel 2006, New York City, New York na Washington, D.C., United States of America
- Nzọụkwụ Nnwere Onwe nke Abụọ nke Sudan, Disemba 2006, Brussels, Belgium gaa The Hague, Netherlands
- Sudan Freedom Walk Chicago, May 2007, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America
- Sudan Freedom Walk, 2010, New York City to Washington, D.C.
- E lekwasịrị anya n'ịkwalite nkwado ọha na eze maka ntuli aka nnwere onwe South Sudan nke afọ 2011 [10]
Ndụ onwe onye
dezieDeng bụ Onye Kraịst. Ka ọ na-erule afọ 2012, ọ bi na New York City.[7] Ọ ghọrọ nwa amaala America site na afọ 2006. [3]
Ihe odide
dezie- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Simon Deng. Speaking Matters (2011). Archived from the original on October 7, 2018. Retrieved on November 1, 2011.
- ↑ Simon Deng, Former Sudanese Slave, Human Rights Activist. International Humanist and Ethical Union (June 21, 2005). Retrieved on November 1, 2011.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Guarding Life: Interview with Simon Deng. Satya (March 2006). Retrieved on 2024-04-02.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Van Schie. "‘How I escaped child slavery in Sudan’", IOL.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Biggs (2010-09-15). Former Sudan slave, others marching to D.C. in support of homeland (en). CNN. Retrieved on 2024-04-02.
- ↑ Lemire (2006-07-16). CONEY LIFEGUARD IS LIFELINE TO BUSH. Ex-slave from Sudan sets up confab between Prez & freedom fighter. (en-US). New York Daily News. Retrieved on 2024-04-02.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Ahren. "Deporting the South Sudanese? ‘You don’t do that to a friend’", The Times of Israel, 2012-03-28. Retrieved on 2024-04-01.
- ↑ Former African slave leads solidarity march to Jerusalem (en). The Jerusalem Post (2023-12-31). Retrieved on 2024-04-01.
- ↑ "Former African slave leads solidarity march, meets with hostage families in Israel", JNS, 2023-12-21. Retrieved on 2024-04-01.
- ↑ Briggs. Former Sudan slave, others marching to D.C. in support of homeland. I Abolish Slavery. American Anti Slavery Group.