for all of the blogs, newspapers, tv, radio, vlogs that i consume daily i had never heard of the lost boys.
sadly i think i have ignored an entire world of information because a lot of what i read/view is based on womens issues.
although this egregious wrong is a against humanity which is far loftier. I heard the stat from the UN that 75-80% refugees are women and children. that is mind blowing...
interesting stats pink! I think I had heard of the term 'lost boys' and was familiar with what it meant, but i couldn't tell you where they were or why they were lost... "some sort of fighting in africa...?"
i had heard of it too, probably similar to what gideon had heard. while i am reading, i am frustrated that i dont know more. maybe tonight i will wikipedia and start getting a better base-knowledge.
and, interesting comment about the girls. have you gotten to the part in book one yet where achak mentions the Lost Girls? page 181 in my version, chapter XIII:
"...Lost Girls...each spoke louder than any three of their male counterparts. The Lost Girls are not to be trifled with, never to be underestimated. They are beautiful and fierce, their English invariably better than ours, their minds more agile and ready to pounce. In the U.S. at least, in that sort of context, they demand and get full respect from all."
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for all of the blogs, newspapers, tv, radio, vlogs that i consume daily i had never heard of the lost boys.
sadly i think i have ignored an entire world of information because a lot of what i read/view is based on womens issues.
although this egregious wrong is a against humanity which is far loftier. I heard the stat from the UN that 75-80% refugees are women and children. that is mind blowing...
interesting stats pink!
I think I had heard of the term 'lost boys' and was familiar with what it meant, but i couldn't tell you where they were or why they were lost... "some sort of fighting in africa...?"
i had heard of it too, probably similar to what gideon had heard. while i am reading, i am frustrated that i dont know more. maybe tonight i will wikipedia and start getting a better base-knowledge.
and, interesting comment about the girls. have you gotten to the part in book one yet where achak mentions the Lost Girls? page 181 in my version, chapter XIII:
"...Lost Girls...each spoke louder than any three of their male counterparts. The Lost Girls are not to be trifled with, never to be underestimated. They are beautiful and fierce, their English invariably better than ours, their minds more agile and ready to pounce. In the U.S. at least, in that sort of context, they demand and get full respect from all."
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