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Emmanuel Jal
Rap star Emmanuel Jal is a former starving child soldier who contemplated suicide and cannibalism.He's topped the charts in his adopted home of Kenya, performed at Live 8 in Cornwall, and got a US tour lined up this year.
He was recruited to fight in Sudan's civil war, by the age of eight had learnt to fire an AK47 and at 13 was fighting on the front line.
He trekked over 1,000 miles across Sudan, surviving drought and famine, and was eventually rescued and smuggled into Kenya.
Emmanuel Jal features on the soundtrack to the film Blood Diamond starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Djimon Hounsou.
North American rights to his autobiography War Child: A Child's Story were sold to St. Martin's Press in a hotly contested auction. UK rights to Little, Brown.
News
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"War Child" in Washington Post's Best Books of 2009
"War Child", the memoir of internationally-acclaimed rap artist and former Sudanese child soldier Emmanuel Jal, has been named as one of the best books of 2009 by the Washington Post. On publication Time Magazine stated that 'Unlike many of the Lost Boys... Jal finds salvation through the grace of two women who steer him toward education. His subsequent life as a rapper and philanthropist trying to save other children from similar pain and anguish leaves hope for the possibility of redemption. The Verdict: Read.' "War Child" was witten with Megan Lloyd Davies.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/artsandliving/features/2008/holiday-gu…
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Emmanuel Jal in Amnesty music video
Emmanuel Jal appears in a new music video The Price of Silence that brings together 16 of the worlds top musicians - some of whom have fled oppressive regimes - in a rousing musical plea to guarantee human rights for all. The track, donated by Aterciopelados and arranged by fusion music guru Andres Levin, combines the voices of Hugh Masekela, Julieta Venegas, Stephen Marley, Angelique Kidjo, Yungchen Lhamo, Aterciopelados, Yerba Buena, Natacha Atlas, Rachid Taha, Kiran Ahluwalia, Chiwoniso and Emmanual Jal with those of U.S. artists Natalie Merchant, and Chali 2Na of Jurassic 5. Introduction by Lawrence Fishburne. AVAILABLE FOR DOWNLOAD ON ITUNES http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZ...
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=xevGz8_MBKk
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Emmanuel Jal film wins Best Documentary award at Bergen International Film Festival
The American film WAR CHILD, directed by Christian Karim Chrobog, was given the Award for Best Documentary at the Closing Gala Tuesday evening. In BIFF's documentary section 72 films were screened, of which 15 were in the International Documentary Competition Programme. The Documentary Award of NOK 50.000 will secure Norwegian DVD distribution.
http://www.biff.no/2008/index.php3?ID=Nyhet&Eng=Ja&ID2=Vis&counter=40
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Emmanuel Jal July gigs
July 10th: The Black Ball - St John Smith's Square, London July 12th: Rising Styles Block Party - Old Paddling Pool, Brighton July 13th: Rise Festival - Africa Village Stage, Finsbury Park, London
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Emmanuel Jal at Nelson Mandela concert and the United Nations
Emmanuel Jal performed at Hyde Park on 27th June 2008 to celebrate the 90th birthday of Nelson Mandela, and will take part in Conflict of Interests: Children and Guns in Zones of Instability at the United Nations, New York, on 15th July 2008.