Voices of Sudan: A Book to Help the Victims

Published in 2007, David Johnson’s Voices of Sudan portrays the daily life of the victims of the ongoing Genocide in Darfur. While visiting the Darfur region, Johnson took a large number of photos, and when he returned home to the United States he was motivated to help the situation. “I told myself, ‘I must do something with these photographs,’ and that something turned into this book. I pray that this book helps to restore a voice to the Sudanese by causing two things to happen: people will be informed and hearts will be provoked to reach out and help the Sudanese.”

100% of the profits of the book go directly to support the Sudanese people, including the construction of wells and purchase of medicine. After the initial publishing of the book in mid-2007, enough money was raised by the end of that year to build three wells in an IDP village of refugees. About 60,000 people came to this village to escape the violence with only what they could carry. They are starting their lives over with only the most basic provisions for life.

You can purchase Voices of Sudan at Amazon, Borders.com, or Barnes & Noble.com. Or for more information, see SilentImages.org.

I have photographed and documented some of the most tragic places in our world. I have walked the beaches of Normandy, served in the worst slum areas of Brazil and Kenya, roamed the killing fields of Cambodia, crept through the jungles of Vietnam, and participated in tsunami relief in Thailand. All of these places carry with them a reminder of a tragic human condition. However, the Sudanese live in the worst human condition I have ever photographed.
-David Johnson

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