The Write Time with Author Ger Duany on his memoir Walk Toward the Rising Sun
As part of the National Writing Project’s Author Series, “The Write Time,” co-hosted by Bryan Ripley Crandall, PhD, Director of the Connecticut Writing Project, educator and Fairfield University alumnus William King spoke with author and activist Ger Duany about his memoir, Walk Toward the Rising Sun.
Ger Duany is a survivor of the tragic exodus of an estimated 20,000 Sudanese children, the “Lost boys of Sudan,” and has been appointed as UN Goodwill Ambassador. Born in the town of Akobo, Ger was caught up in Sudan’s north-south civil war and was forcefully recruited as a child soldier. At the age of 14, he managed to escape to neighboring Ethiopia and was eventually resettled to the United States from the Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya. In 2014, UNHCR helped Ger reunite with his mother and other family members in Kenya’s Kakuma refugee camp. He is also a model and actor.
Reposted with permission from the National Writing Project.
William King is an ESL teacher/coordinator at Bassick High School in Bridgeport, Conn. and a teacher leader for Connecticut Writing Project-Fairfield. Through sports and writing, he not only teaches English, but builds community and understanding among young people.
Bryan Ripley Crandall, PhD, is Director of the Connecticut Writing Project at Fairfield University where he holds dual positions in the Graduate School of Education and Allied Professions (GSEAP) and English Department, in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Dr. Crandall and Abu Bility co-authored an educator’s guide for Duany’s book, Walk Toward the Rising Sun.
