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45 quotes by Emmanuel Jal

Jal at the 2008 Tribeca Film Festival. Emmanuel Jal (left in yellow) in concert in Bristol on 11 March 2006 Emmanuel Jal (born Jal Jok c. 1980) is a South Sudanese musician, former child soldier, and political activist. His autobiography, War Child: A Child Soldier's Story, was published in 2009.
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Sometimes words are not needed, and the simplicity of expressing yourself through an art form is one of the best ways of communication.

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I am proof that one person can rise above any challenge, and if I can, then so will others if they are given the chance.

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Only a coward will use a gun to protect and get respect for themselves.

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Rap music is amazing, it's beautiful. But the problem is the lyrics. The person who writes the lyrics - that's the problem.

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I don't take modern hip-hop as real. It's entertaining, it's fake, like James Bond.

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When people know you've been a soldier, they judge you: you are a thief, a lost boy.

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I still have nightmares of dead comrades, a long time ago, talking to me. 'Emmanuel, don't forget about us, don't give up, keep telling... →

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We lack role models who can inspire our young people to make change.

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Any child soldier has to go through a lot of love, care and understanding to become normal.

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I'm still a soldier, fighting with my pen and paper for peace till the day I cease.

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When I was in south Sudan, people used to rap in my village. But the rapping was more in the mother tongue, Nuer.

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The only foreign policy advice I heard from China was when they said to Sudan, 'Don't go back to war.' That's all they said. They... →

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I lost my childhood. I didn't play football or video games. Or have birthdays or the love of a family.

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