Tuesday, April 29, 2014

interview


My interview is with a man called Ahmed, I found him through Facebook. He used to live in Chad, He visits his family there, he does travel to Sudan, and met people from different tribes in Darfur, and the Fur. He wanted his identity to remain anonymous, that’s why I could call him Ahmed, I respect his wishes, I did ask questions and with his experience talking to the Fur people, I managed to get a few answers, so here is a Q and A I will be sharing! 

1.
Q; What is the Jangaweed? What do they do and why?
A: The Jangaweed is a name they call the Sudanese Arab group that comes to Fur and Darfur tribe’s villages and steals what they can, kill everyone in sight, Burn the village, poison the water with gasoline or whatever they please and rape the women. Why? Some tribes believe that it is a racial war, it is because they (Fur) and other tribes are black (African) and they (Jangaweed) are Arab. Some other tribes believe that the Sudanese government want their land and use Jangaweed to get rid of the Darfur people. Some tribes move away and some stay.

 
2.
Q: Why do some of the tribes stay?
A: They are happy with where they live, they like their country, they just keep rebuilding their homes, and their families have lived there for a very long time, they keep up the tradition.

 
3.
Q: How are the women coping with the Jangaweed?
A:  They do what they can, they try to protect the children, some are afraid to walk out the tribe to fetch water or food, in fear of getting raped and killed. Some women are alone, they have no parents and no families because they all got killed by Jangaweed.
 
4.
Q: Was there a time of peace between the Fur tribe and other tribes with Sudanese Arab’s and also Jangaweed?
A: Yes there was a very long time ago, but they don’t know what happened over time, and why the peace no longer exists.