Essays - Autumn 2005

Education Is My Mother and My Father

How the Lost Boys of Sudan found their way

By David Chanoff

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David Chanoff is the author of several books, including Only in America (with William Ungar). He is the academic adviser for the Sudanese Education Fund and his essay "The Lost Boys of Sudan" appeared in the Autumn 2006 AMERICAN SCHOLAR.