children and education - anglican diocese of leeds
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children and education loss of future, lack of training, breaking of culture
O my God, I cry out but you do not answer.
In you our fathers put their trust and were not disappointed.
But I am a worm and not a man, scorned and despised.
Yet you brought me out of the womb,
and made me trust in you: do not be far from me,
for trouble is near and there is no one to help. Psa 22:2-11
A sound was heard in Ramah of weeping and much lament:
Rachel refusing all solace, because her children are gone.
Jer 31:15
children and education loss of future, lack of training, breaking of culture
They found him sitting among the teachers, listening to
them and asking them questions. And he went back to
Nazareth, and lived obediently with them, growing in
wisdom and stature, in favour with God and men.
Lk 2:46-52
People brought children to Jesus for him to place his
hands on them and pray for them. Mat 19:13
Who cares how we survive?
Many children, without education, condemned to be the underclass
Nuba schools were not grand, but at least there were schools
Children who have been traumatised have no hope for the future
children and education loss of future, lack of training, breaking of culture
Slaves are marketed for everything from
farm labour to domestic work. In most
cases, the children were given Arabic
names and taught to pray as Muslims.
“We are your new family,” ten-year-old
Teresa was told by the masters that bought
her from her nomadic captors. Her father
had been killed trying to save her from the
raiders. “You have lost your people, you
have no choice,” they said. “Either you
accept living with us or we’ll kill you.” Her
new family also insisted that she adopt the
Arabic name Zaara.
Unable to stop crying, Teresa cried out to
God, she told me. Later that night, she had
a dream in which she saw a cross. “A voice
came from the cross: ‘Why are you crying?
Aren’t you called Teresa? You are still who
you are.’”
The Right To Be Nuba - a Sudanese People's Struggle
for Survival ed. Suleiman Musa Rahhal
children and education loss of future, lack of training, breaking of culture
Army officers, when they return from
the south, often bring black children
back with them. They hand them out
to relatives for work around the house.
People don’t see this as slavery. But
that’s what it is.
The full impact of the slave trade
doesn't hit you until you talk to the
children. Many of the children have
lost whole families
As one would expect, sexual abuse is
common, and young boys and some
girls, especially those considered
marriageable among the latter, are
circumcised - this despite the fact that
the custom, widely practiced in some
Islamic contexts, is abhorrent among
the Nuba.
Branding is not uncommon. Bol Kir,
captured when he was five with his
younger sister, had an “11” carved on
his right cheek. He complained of
being beaten when he failed to account
for the goats his masters had sent him
to herd.
The Right To Be Nuba - a Sudanese People's Struggle
for Survival ed. Suleiman Musa Rahhal