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Francis Buk is a native of southern Sudan. At the age of seven, he was captured and enslaved during an Arab militia raid on the village of Nymlal (outside Aweil) on May 15, 1986. Buk saw adults and children brutalized and killed all around him. He was strapped to a donkey and taken north to Kirio. For ten years, he lived as the family slave to Giema Abdullah, forced to sleep with cattle, endure daily beatings, and eat terrible food. On May 23, 2000, Buk spoke out for the first time at a Capitol Hill ceremony with Senators and Congressmen, sharing his message: "We cannot rest until my people are free." On September 18, 2000, Buk spoke alongside Coretta Scott King, widow of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., at the Boston Freedom Award ceremony.? His testimony was instrumental in creating the new nation of South Sudan. Francis Buk is available for speaking engagements, conferences, and seminars: https://speakerpedia.com/speakers/francis-buk Dottie Laster is the current Executive Director of Heidi Search Center in S