A True Account of Love, Loss, and the Fight for Justice
SYNOPSIS
Enlisted forcibly into the “Red Army,” soldiers of the SPLA/SPLM at fourteen years alongside other children, he escaped the chaotic life in South Sudan.
As a refugee in Kakuma, the world’s largest refugee camp Gai, met and married his Somali born wife Sarah Abdullahi.
But the Somali clan disapproved of their union. To save her, himself having resettled in Australia through United Nations Refugee Agency Urgent Resettlement Program, he initiated a family reunion which would see Sarah join him in Adelaide, Australia.
Just then, Sarah was kidnapped and spirited into the war-torn Horn of Africa nation of Somalia from Kenya.
His only chance of reuniting with Sarah was to secure her release from her own clansmen. He needed the Kenyan Police, the Australian Government, and the United States Embassy in Nairobi. An international case erupted; litigated in two continents to secure the HOSTAGE WIFE…Eighteen years down the line, the HOSTAGE’S whereabouts remain unknow,n and justice defeated
Meet Jeremiah
AUTHOR
Jeremiah Jwok Gai is a South Sudanese-born author and human rights advocate, best known for his compelling book “The Hostage Wife.” Drafted forcibly into the SPLA/SPLM Sudanese Red Army as a child soldier, Jeremiah’s early life was marked by the brutal realities of war and displacement. He later fled to Kenya, seeking refuge in the Kakuma and Dadaab camps, where he met and married his first wife, Sarah.
“The Hostage Wife” – I write not just to remember, but to ensure the world cannot forget.
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