“I came to America from Sudan when I was nine years old, and I'm twenty now. There was a war there in Sudan, which is why we left. When I got here to Memphis, I had to learn how to greet people and how not to speak my language around people. We do speak it at home in our family. My dad says he wants my seven sisters and five brothers and me to get an education before we go back to Sudan, if we do. My grandma and uncle are still there. I’m going to try to go for three months next summer with my older sister and help out. Give out food. Put a roof over somebody’s head.”
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