Emmanuel Jal was born in the early 1980s, not long before his home country of Sudan descended into civil war. The violence tore his family apart and he became a child soldier to survive. Emmanuel is ...

Emmanuel Jal’s documentary reveals his transformation from Sudan child soldier to global Hip-Hop artist and peace advocate. Emmanuel Jal’s extraordinary transformation from child soldier to ...

The message behind Emmanuel’s hit from last year, “Gorah”—also out on Higher Ground with 75M+ streams and at #1 peak on Beatport’s Afro House chart—was pointed towards checking in with loved ones to ...

Plus, get the best of BroadwayWorld delivered to your inbox, and unlimited access to our editorial content across the globe. South Sudanese Canadian artist and peace activist, Emmanuel Jal today ...

Emmanuel Jal raps over light Afrobeat rhythms stripped down to desolate grooves. Gunshots scatter songs, but not because Jal is a gangsta, but because he is a former child soldier of the Sudan ...

Short dreadlocks, stylishly askew, frame Emmanuel Jal's face, aglow with a sheen as brown and smooth as coffee beans. His story as a Sudanese child warrior turned rapper is a tapestry of tragedy and ...

Writing a memoir based on the memories of an entire childhood filled with the savagery of war would certainly be difficult enough. Doing so after having been trained as a tiny soldier to kill Arabs ...

At home with Emmanuel Jal. Hailing from the crossroads of South Sudan and Canada, Emmanuel Jal's multifaceted force of creativity, resilience, and inspiration is as captivating as it is empowering.

In the war-torn region of Southern Sudan, Emmanuel Jal was born into the life of a child solider on an unknown date in the early 1980s. Through unbelievable struggles, Mr. Jal managed to survive and ...

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