what living in south sudan is really like 

I love this video. I got a chance to go back to Juba last year for the first time in 10 years and my experience was similar. I relate to the surrealness of it all. One thing I was unexpectedly touched by was being surrounded by the presence of people who look just like me. Did you notice that as well? And I agree, witnessing the wealth disparity in real life was unsettling. It definitely stirred something in me as well.

Omg I’m from north Sudan my mom tells me stories when Sudan was one she said the south had the most beautiful fertile lands with mangos falling out the tree she wasn’t lying🔥😂💯🇸🇩🇸🇸💓

So beautiful that you captured this. I'm from Zimbabwe, but currently living in Australia and I too wish some African countries got more exposure from people with a real connection to them. This video is a perfect step in that direction.

Achan I love this video. As a South Sudanese women who’s never been able to visit back home, I’m so grateful that you took your time to vlog your trip. This video truly gave me a sense home.🥹🙌🏿💐

this was a masterpiece Achan!!!! I can’t pick a favorite moment - you killed it and you are amazing. so many moments touched me ❤

I love the idea of going back to one’s mother land. It really is always an eye-opening experience to see how your people are living and what life would be like if you were there. May God bless Africa🫶🏾🌍

this was such an eyeopening experience just to watch honestly! i hope this will reach others and i’ll definitely encourage donations for Sudan!!!

Beautiful video! I'm Liberian and by the grace of God I was able to visit Liberia again after 23 years in July of 2023. Your video inspires me to share my trip experience, I truly believe that God is bringing the younger diaspora of Africans back to the motherland as a testimony of His goodness, for His glory and honor and for us to give back to our people with the resources that God has blessed us with. I pray that as we get older we can visit the motherland often to help our people and advance the Kingdom of God

I love South Sudanese people, the most beautiful people in Africa. ❤from 🇸🇴

This was so raw and fruitful achan. Thank you for taking me on this wholesome journey 🤍

Wonderful video Achan! I'm South Sudanese as well but born and raised in Canada so I could definitely relate to some of the things you mentioned in your video. Hope you've had a great start to the new year.❤

Very beautiful Achan, I love your heart💗 ~ as an ss that hasn’t been back home I appreciate your pov. Change will come to South Sudan🇸🇸

I’m going to South Sudan for a month this summer I’m sooo glad you made this! 🫶🏾

i was in sudan most of the summer and it was the most beautiful experience ever. It made me more open minded and grateful for everything little thing in my life, and also was so refreshing to be around so many ppl who were so similar to me.

Love it when the girlies go home😍😍

Thanks for this! I’ve never seen day to day footage of South Sudan ❤

Honestly this was an eye opening video about south sudan, thanks for sharing!

the way i LOVE this video so much??😭 like every aspect of it makes me miss village life in nigeria. i was fortunate enough to have been born there/live there for 5ish years, but also travel home every Christmas afterwards. but because of c*vid i haven’t been back since 2019-2020 but the relatability between our village life is OFF the charts, from the : - goat (my grandpa had a goat pen & i turned them into my pets, b4 they were made to be food😭) - using a stick to get fruits from the tree - THE FLIES?? - the roads (doesn’t help when the car is hella crammed 😭) - not knowing the full language - prayer into the new years i can’t wait to go back this year, but its a shame that both of our governments are letting down our countries 🇳🇬❤️🇸🇸

finally a insight in South Sudan, I love it🥰🙌🏾

I am KENYAn and I used to have SS friends in highschool.. I wish I could one day visit south Sudan.. JohnGarang, Daniel Barach..Matiop Deng.. I miss those guys🔥🔥

I have watched this from start to finish. I love the end goal. I was born in sudan and grew up partly in South Sudan and now in the states for studies. We can always link up and discuss more. I am also wanting to change how things are like in South Sudan, or at least bring more insight about the country

I love this video so much ❤ praying for a safe stable and thriving Sudan and South Sudan one day, God willing 🤲🏾

Love the soundtrack ☺️☺️ and glad you got to experience South Sudan 🇸🇸 love that you care and are so passionate towards our people.❤

This is such a beautiful video! The time you took to make this is amazing, even through the slight backlash you got! Such a great message about giving back as well! It’s so important 💓

Thoroughly enjoyed! one of my fav videos!!

achannn, this was literally such a beautifully done and informative video. it was so eye opening to see how life is in south sudan, and refreshing to hear your perspective. praying for sudan❤

I love south Sudanese people. Thank you for this video!! I’ve always been curious about what’s inside of South Sudan

thank you for showing us your beautiful country; the kids have the brightest smiles 🧡

i loveee thiss!!! my mom is going by herself in April, this made me wanna go with her !!

That was an amazing vlog Ty for showing South Sudan through your eyes ❤❤❤❤

Wow. This really spoke to me. I’m also a first gen American and I haven’t been back to my home country since I left at 2. It’s a lot to see but from a fresh set of eyes. The cinematography, the message, the story. Truly Beautiful. Please continue to spread awareness and truth the way that you do it’s so inspiring!

Just LOVE this Video.Thanks for the Video about South Sudan.God Bless You.

I loved this video so much , thank you for this ❤❤❤

This was beautiful Achan, thank you for sharing this journey!

This is such a beautifully edited and educational video. Loved it!

Such a beautiful country !! Thank you so much for this Achan❤️❤️

Hello im a South Sudanese living in Dubai and im genuinely so glad to see videos like this. I hope you enjoyed South Sudan as much as i do, God boss

This is such a beautiful video! makes me miss Ghana too. i haven't been back in over 5 years

You captured this so beautifully

Achan, Really grateful for the video story of your trip!! I can see that you love God and you love people. I love your words about helping your community whichever you think is yours. Thank you for contributing to helping to those sudanees living in villages, They are the most needy...

Literally love this!!!!! ❤❤❤

I will have my eyes on Sudan. I appreciate the time and energy it took for you to show us your beautiful country and also share your seemingly lovely family. Much love Achan. ;))

This humbled me so much, I just thank God for life.

Omg this is so cool to see. I’m 21 as well, living in Australia and have never been back home too 😭😭 but hoping to go soon.

Thankyou for sharing sister 🤍🙌🏾 Watching from Melbourne Australia. You're really good at this 🇸🇸🤍🇸🇸👑🔥💯

Absolutely fantastic video! I've learned so much through you lens and narrative about South Sudan. Excellent job!

I loved this video sm thank you for sharing South Sudan

aww, this is so beautiful I never thought you were from Awiel!!! So am I , I love that you got to experience the home life

I’am from north Sudan, and i really enjoyed the vlog its so interesting to watch it I always wanted to visit south Sudan 🫶🏾

i loved that you kept sayin Sudan sudan ...... it warms my heart

I really liked this video. Straight forward and genuine - didn’t sensationalize for clicks. Best SS video I’ve seen imo.

This video was having me smile from so much admiration of your experience. From the shops, to the nature scenes, to seeing the community and especially seeing you and your family together appreciating the beauty of everything. Obviously I’m sure the whole trip wasn’t sunshine and rainbows yet I’m happy you had this transformative experience yk… within yourself and with your passion for highlighting South Sudan as a country along with advancing the country as well. Beautiful video Achan :)

wow such a beautiful video!!

I always feel bad for this country. They have pretty fine lifestyle now. Yes, I am aware they are the poorest in the world, but in my eyes, I know they will change and become better one day. Sending lots of love to them from Japan! 🤗🇸🇸❤🇯🇵

Wodemaya has some really great videos in South Sudan. But yours were really great too. Very cool perspective.

Visiting home must be such a humbling and touching experience. This video if anything makes me more excited to visit home one day, you are all so beautiful and I just know your parents very much needed that taste of being back home, worry free and feeling like home. ❤❤

SOO INCREDIBLE AND INSIGHTFUL

I love this vlog so much! I’m going back home soon & plan on vlogging so this was so fun to watch . Bless 🖤🙏🏿

S.Sudan is on my list on countries I wanna vlog in this year.

Such a beautiful video. I loved your cinematography skills! You spoke so eloquently and had wonderful messages to share- about taking daily things in our lives for granted and seeing immigrant parents in their hometowns is always such an unforgettable experience. !! Which camera did you use to film this? Would love to see how your still photos came out!!

Am from Zimbabwe I really enjoyed watching this and thanks for the exposure we want more content like this ❤❤❤

such a beautiful video!!

OMGGGGGG I WENT TO YOUR GRANDPA’S SHOP WHEN I WAS IN SOUTH SUDAN

here after SS beat my Puerto Rican Basketball team in the Olympics. Thank you for sharing your experience! much love

I love the way you narrate. I am preparing to visit SS for holiday.

I am a South African and I must say I absolutely enjoyed this content. I loved everything about it even the "underwhelming airport", yes it could be better. A lot of improvements are indeed needed there but I could actually live there among others and actually have a good time. Thank you,beautiful Sudanese sister.

Thank you for this beautiful video Achan. However, I would like to address something you said while visiting your family's village. As someone who is also 1st generation, I try to make it a point to highlight wealth disparities and injustices in my country without dismissing how our indigenous communities have already been living for thousands of years. Western lifestyles are not more advanced or modern just because they have constant electricity, over-established buildings, cars, urban cities, etc. Yes, your family is living like that in 2024, but what exactly is wrong with that? They have a tight-knit community, are in touch with nature and animals, and eat unprocessed & organic foods. The government may have this made-up value system of money, but that money is gained through corruption and violence. This corruption is by no mistake is backed by Western governments who want to keep the Global South destabilized to steal resources from our rich and biodiverse lands. That's not to say they don't face hardships such as drought that may cause food shortages, other environmental disasters, and harmful patriarchal structures. But again, a lot of these issues are, at the root, caused by Western sabotage. I beg us all to be more careful about the way we talk about our own cultures because it feeds into this false narrative that Western lifestyles are what we should aspire to when that could not be further from the truth. Westerners constantly complain about the ills of social media, loneliness, individualism, processed foods, human rights violations, war, violence, overconsumption, and pollution. These same people will then turn around and call our people uncivilized backwards savages for simply living their lives as humans have already been for thousands of years. Simple living does not automatically equate to poverty or a lack of modernity. Nor does Western excess and overconsumption equate to success and advancement. Please don't take this as a personal attack, I'm just tired of how casually we perpetuate these negative ideas about our beautiful rich cultures.

❤❤❤God bless you......South Sudan will stand on its feet ....with more people like you .....hope is restored all the love from South Africa❤

I hope you succeed you the future of South Sudan 🇸🇸

this was so interesting! thank you im doing a school project and this helped a lot! thanks

Hello Achan, I ran into your YT vlogs at random. By pure accident, if such a thing exists! It's heart-warming that you (instinctively) refer to yourself as Sudanese, then qualifying it as South Sudanese! You have done it more than once, and in other videos, too! You did not edit them bits out, nor bothered with a retake to have it fixed. That means a lot. In fact one can say it's only a reflection on the obvious: the bigger Sudan is still in your blood as WE ALL, Northerners and Southerns feel deep down ourselves. Incidentally, you profile says you are a curator. I am curious; are you working in a museum? And what did you major in at uni? Regards, stay well sis and keep the good work Mazin Sakharov (Maaz Abdalla)

Great Vlog 😇, Loved every minute of it.

Watching this from your perspective as someone’s who’s grown up at/around home all my life is so beautiful. Ps, I’m from Aweil as well!! And my step mom is from Marialbaai🤍

I love the story, and I encourage you to do the same next time if you got a chance, I wouldn’t ask you to do more than bringing on the similar stories which I believe can change narrative about what our generation can do to contribute enough and make our country better place and more livable, we’re unlucky to have a corrupt government but I believe that can’t deter our contributions for the homeland. I recognize Nyamlel in this short doc, the home of my lovely mom ❤️ You’re brilliant. Kudos to yah

best vlog ever, loved every second

excited to see the filmmm

Thank you for showing us our home country 🥹💕

this is beautiful

This is incredible work....we are told us Luos from Kenya originated from there and it's a must visit please.

What an amazing adventure for you and your sister, to go back to the land of your ancestors. This is what makes America so special and the best country on earth, we come from everywhere!

Amazing video. I love it❤❤

Beautiful video Achan! Try to learn Dinka, so you wont be lost when your parents are old.

Thanks, Sister Achan...South Sudan has a great future, and we are so proud that we have such a beautiful country. Some people might despise S. Sudan, but will be prove wrong with time. What we need for now as S. Sudanese is good leadership. The rest will be a history. There is no naturally beautiful land like South Sudan...it is our pride❤

This is so beautiful

Thank you, Achan, for your great video. Thank you also for visiting Aweil or South Sudan. South Sudan is a great country. We just have poor leadership, which might change in the future. There are a lot of beautiful places in South Sudan that you haven't seen.

girl i LOVED this vlog, the scenery, and everything was beautiful. it felt like I went with you!! im from the toronto area, so it’s so cool seeing how other people live. also i noticed the clips of you & ur sister with the Bible! period a Christian youtuberrrr. deff subscribing!🤍 also, what do u use to colour grade?

Thank you for this video! I really enjoyed watching! It would be amazing to be able to visit there one day! ❤👍🏻👋🏻

Damn girly you almost got your ass beat for us😂😂 you’re so real for that

Amazing!! Thank you for sharing!! 🙏❤️ bless up Achan

Loved it, greetings from Mali, West Africa

I love this video sm 💝💝

Keep going, Achan. Home is home no matter what.

its a very good introduction and content .... girl you did its really fire keep it up

I’m Somali and have never been back back home, hope I do one day soon. This video is so beautiful!!!

SUDANESE SKIN TONE OMGGGG‼️‼️‼️‼️🥰

That was thought provoking journey. South Sudan 🇸🇸 is so welcoming, beautiful in nature, underdeveloped and people are living comfortable there as usuall. Life is a struggle. Which village have you visited apart from juba town ??

Thank you for this, from Kenya

Amazing work!

Nice video my sister. Welcome home. Enjoy the home land.

iam north sudanese. I love the music in the background it is typical sudanese rythm. I love our similarities as we were one country short time before. much love❤