Unknown: A Refugee’s Story
Akuch Kuol Anyieth
aug 2022 · Bolinda · Verteld door Akuch Kuol Anyieth en Dami Olukoya
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In 1996, when Akuch Kuol Anyieth is five, her mother flees from war-torn South Sudan to Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya with her children, while her husband stays to fight in the civil war. The family spends nine long years in the camp, eking out an unimaginable existence amid famine, disease, extreme heat and chronic violence. Finally, in 2005, they are granted a humanitarian visa to Australia, but the reality of their new life in Melbourne is complex. Akuch’s brother spirals out of control, while the family feels isolated and a target of racism. But Akuch is determined, excelling in school and doing her best to be a regular teen, while she and her family slowly draw away from the cycle of violence. Unknown is a powerful homage to the strength of Akuch’s mother, who protected them all against terrible odds. It is a story of sadness and anger, but also of grace and humour, love and triumphant survival.
Over de auteur
Akuch Kuol Anyieth is a graduate researcher in crime, justice and legal studies. Her research engages with masculinity and domestic violence, examining customary law, pre- and post-migration experiences of South Sudanese families and how they adapt to the western rule of law in the diaspora.
Dami Olukoya is an Essex-based actor, singer and voice artist. She has appeared on stages across the UK in productions of Jane Eyre, The Forecast and The Knave in Grain. Also a richly skilled voice artist, Dami has worked across a number of genres, and has previously narrated How to Calm It by Grace Victory and Black Minds Matter UK, Travelling While Black by Nanjala Nyabola, and Tom Percival’s Silas and the Marvellous Misfits.
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