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Alephonsion Deng

Born

Sudan

Website

http://theypouredfire.com/bios/alepho.htm

Genre

Biographies & Memoirs

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Alephonsion Deng (c. 1982 - ) is a Sudanese writer. He is best known as the co-author of the book They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky: The True Story of Three Lost Boys of Sudan, along with his brother Benson, cousin Benjamin and American author Judy Bernstein.

In 1989, when Alephonsion was seven years old, his village in Southern Sudan was attacked by government troops. To avoid capture he ran into the night with many other young boys. Without food, water, shoes or parents, he crossed a 1000 miles of lion and crocodile infested territory. After five years of fleeing war, starvation and wild animals, he reached Kakuma refugee camp in Kenya and began his education.

In 2001, the Federal government of the United States welcomed Alephonsion as on ...more

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Alephonsion Deng’s books

Average rating: 4.22 · 10,164 ratings · 821 reviews · 3 distinct works • Similar authors

	They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky: The True Story of Three Lost Boys from Sudan by Benson Deng, Alephonsion Deng, Benjamin Ajak 4.22 avg rating — 10,262 ratings — published 2005 — 27 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky: The Story of Three Lost Boys from Sudan by Benjamin Ajak, Benson Deng, Alephonsion Deng really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky: The True Story of Three Lost Boys from Sudan 1ST by Deng, Alphonsion, Deng, Benson, Ajak, Benjamin, Benson Deng, (2005) Hardcover by Alephonsion Deng, Judy A. Bernstein (Goodreads Author), Unknown Author 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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Quotes by Alephonsion Deng (?)

“Great wisdom is achieved by being open to the world. The world does not open unless you are willing to be open.”
― Alephonsion Deng

tags: inspirational-life-quotes

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“Family became so important to me. Without it I was like a tree alone in a desert.”
― Alephonsion Deng, They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky: The True Story of Three Lost Boys from Sudan

tags: family-love

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“We’d never handled guns so when we saw a person handle it and it went bang, we knew that thing killed. We called it the harmful stick. We learned quickly that if somebody points the stick at you, you die.”
― Alephonsion Deng, They Poured Fire on Us from the Sky: The True Story of Three Lost Boys from Sudan

tags: children, guns

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