Sudanese “Lost Boys” in Sioux Falls, South Dakota: A geography of cultural adjustment

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" Sudanese “Lost Boys” in Sioux Falls, South Dakota: A geography of cultural adjustment "
Victor A. Meledge-Ade C. F. Gritzner

Document Type	:	Latin Dissertation
Language of Document	:	English
Record Number	:	52926
Doc. No	:	TL22880
Call number	:	‭1426501‬
Main Entry	:	Victor A. Meledge-Ade
Title & Author	:	Sudanese “Lost Boys” in Sioux Falls, South Dakota: A geography of cultural adjustment\ Victor A. Meledge-Ade
College	:	South Dakota State University
Date	:	2005
Degree	:	M.S.
student score	:	2005
Page No	:	89
Abstract	:	In the late 1980s, thousands of Sudanese children fleeing Muslim soldiers in the country's religious civil war left their homes and sought protection from hostilities in refugee camps. The male children came to be known as the “Lost Boys” of Sudan. The “Lost Boys” were forced to move from one refugee camp to another, with most ending up in Kenya. Many who started the torturous journey fell victim to gunfire, disease, predators, and starvation. The United Nation's International Organization for Migration found repatriation inappropriate for these refugees. Nearly 300 “Lost Boys” were relocated in South Dakota. Among those, 150 found homes in Sioux Falls. The objective of this study was to analyze the distinguishable traits that affected their resettlement such as relocation, cultural adjustment to a new environment, and spatial dimension. The study used a series of personal and group interviews, census data, and maps to identify solutions that are economically, culturally, and technically feasible for both the forced immigrant and the community in which the immigrant has moved.
Subject	:	Social sciences; Geography; Minority ethnic groups; Sociology; 0366:Geography; 0631:Sociology; 0631:Minority ethnic groups
Added Entry	:	C. F. Gritzner
Added Entry	:	South Dakota State University