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He saw the majority of his family perish in Sudan’s ongoing civil war and is revered as a leader in the country he left behind. Aleu attended the Children’s Theatre Company production of “The Lost ...

War in the South Sudan severed an entire generation of Lost Boys from their birthplace and their families. Biar Atem is one of them. From age 7 to 21 he lived in refugee camps in Ethiopia and Kenya.

South Sudan refugee children attend a class in Juba, South Sudan Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Brian Inganga) ...

Being a member of the Dinga tribe, the ruling tribe in South Sudan ... to Water,” which is based on the story of the “Lost Boys of Sudan” — 20,000 young boys who fled their homeland ...