From MSU Today on Impact Radio: From 1983 to 2003, nearly 27,000 young boys and men fled civil war in the Republic of Sudan. These “Lost Boys of Sudan” trekked 1,000 miles across Africa only to face starvation, wild animals and disease.

Benjamin Ajak of the San Diego area, a Lost Boy and co-author of “They Poured Fire on Us From the Sky,” relates his personal journey to freedom while in East Lansing as part of “One Book, One Community” events.

Ajak is joined by his American mentor, Judy A. Bernstein of San Diego, who, along with Ajak, and his cousins Benson and Alepho Deng, wrote the book detailing each man’s personal story.

The “One Book, One Community” project, co-sponsored by the city of East Lansing and MSU, encourages the city-university community to read the same book and come together to discuss it in a variety of settings. The book is assigned reading for all incoming MSU freshmen.

Hosted by Russ White.

Hear the Conversation 9:41 – 5.5 mb mp3