Oral histories about the migration journeys and settlement experiences of southern Sudanese refugees now living in Blacktown in Western Sydney.

A Blacktown City Council, Blacktown Sudanese Community and NSW Migration Heritage Centre project.

Oral histories about the migration journeys and settlement experiences of southern Sudanese refugees now living in Blacktown in Western Sydney.

A Blacktown City Council and NSW Migration Heritage Centre exhibition.

“The town [in Uganda] was very bad, soldiers were looting. … We had to run with only the clothes on our bodies. … Everywhere they were shooting. … “

HERMANN ANDROGA AWOLA is a member of the Madi tribe and fled from Sudan to Uganda with his family in 1989. When crossing the border they were chased by the Ugandan army…

Listen to Edward Massimino: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] EDWARD MASSIMINO was born in Sudan and fled to Uganda with his family at the age of five at the beginning of the first civil war, living there from 1964 until 1976. Edward returned to Sudan where he remained until the most recent civil [...]

Listen to Prisca Kot: [Audio clip: view full post to listen] PRISCA KOT was born towards the start of the 1983 civil war in Sudan. Soon after, her family fled to a refugee camp in Ethiopia. They returned to Sudan only to have to leave again in 1993 due to ongoing fighting. They lived in [...]