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Emmanuel Jal quotes: The first time I experienced war, I thought the world was ending.

The first time I experienced war, I thought the world was ending.

Emmanuel Jal quotes: The wealthiest Sudanese don't know what war is. Their children are safe in school.

The wealthiest Sudanese don't know what war is. Their children are safe in school.

Emmanuel Jal quotes: What music does to me, it helps me balance my inner pressure so that I can deal with the forces outside that are trying to pressure me.

What music does to me, it helps me balance my inner pressure so that I can deal with the forces outside that are trying to pressure me.

Emmanuel Jal quotes: If you really kill, you don't want to talk about it.

If you really kill, you don't want to talk about it.

Emmanuel Jal quotes: To tell my story, to touch lives.

To tell my story, to touch lives.

Emmanuel Jal quotes: What I always wanted to do when I was a kid was to speak out and help people which I continue to do afterwards.

What I always wanted to do when I was a kid was to speak out and help people which I continue to do afterwards.

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

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

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

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

Emmanuel Jal quotes: Peace may be negotiated by politicians, but it is something written in hearts and minds not on pieces of paper

Peace may be negotiated by politicians, but it is something written in hearts and minds not on pieces of paper

Emmanuel Jal quotes: Education is the only solution for peace.

Education is the only solution for peace.

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

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

Emmanuel Jal quotes: 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 our story.'

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 our story.'

Emmanuel Jal quotes: I don't know anywhere where the people are hungrier for education than South Sudan.

I don't know anywhere where the people are hungrier for education than South Sudan.

Emmanuel Jal quotes: The worst people on earth are not only those who commit evil, but those who stand by and turn a blind eye

The worst people on earth are not only those who commit evil, but those who stand by and turn a blind eye

Emmanuel Jal quotes: In Africa, you know, if you're poor, at least you can go to the forest and share some mangoes with the gorillas and monkey.

In Africa, you know, if you're poor, at least you can go to the forest and share some mangoes with the gorillas and monkey.

Emmanuel Jal quotes: I grew up in poverty. For 25 years I was fed on aid.

I grew up in poverty. For 25 years I was fed on aid.

Emmanuel Jal quotes: Sometimes words are not needed, and the simplicity of expressing yourself through an art form is one of the best ways of communication.

Sometimes words are not needed, and the simplicity of expressing yourself through an art form is one of the best ways of communication.

Emmanuel Jal quotes: There's no pride in having been a child soldier.

There's no pride in having been a child soldier.

Emmanuel Jal quotes: Music is actually where I see heaven.

Music is actually where I see heaven.

Emmanuel Jal quotes: I'm kind of weird - I don't get excited. Sometimes I fake that I'm excited just to make people happy.

I'm kind of weird - I don't get excited. Sometimes I fake that I'm excited just to make people happy.

Emmanuel Jal quotes: A cold heart is my protection mechanism. I don't really feel anything for anyone.

A cold heart is my protection mechanism. I don't really feel anything for anyone.

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

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

Emmanuel Jal quotes: Knife crime and gun crime is poverty-driven, and poverty leads to insecurity.

Knife crime and gun crime is poverty-driven, and poverty leads to insecurity.

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

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

Emmanuel Jal quotes: Violence in Darfur is cataclysmic.

Violence in Darfur is cataclysmic.

Emmanuel Jal quotes: For many Sudanese, it's for strength they choose to be Christian rather than Muslim. My mum was a Muslim but she became a Christian later.

For many Sudanese, it's for strength they choose to be Christian rather than Muslim. My mum was a Muslim but she became a Christian later.

Emmanuel Jal quotes: We lack role models who can inspire our young people to make change.

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

Emmanuel Jal quotes: I'm rapping in English but in an African way. I'm not trying to sound like an American.

I'm rapping in English but in an African way. I'm not trying to sound like an American.

Emmanuel Jal quotes: When you don't educate the people, you're crippling them. You are, you're not giving them ways to survive.

When you don't educate the people, you're crippling them. You are, you're not giving them ways to survive.

Emmanuel Jal quotes: Music is powerful. It is the only thing that can speak into your mind, your heart and your soul without your permission.

Music is powerful. It is the only thing that can speak into your mind, your heart and your soul without your permission.

Emmanuel Jal quotes: 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.

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.

Emmanuel Jal quotes: A lot of child soldiers lose their minds.

A lot of child soldiers lose their minds.

Emmanuel Jal quotes: In Africa, music is for everything, Music was originally used for community. That was what music was for.

In Africa, music is for everything, Music was originally used for community. That was what music was for.

Emmanuel Jal quotes: When you see a Sudanese walking on the street, there is a story.

When you see a Sudanese walking on the street, there is a story.

Emmanuel Jal quotes: When I listen to hip-hop, it's like no big difference how people sing in my village, 'cause bling would be their cow.

When I listen to hip-hop, it's like no big difference how people sing in my village, 'cause bling would be their cow.

Emmanuel Jal quotes: Only a coward will use a gun to protect and get respect for themselves.

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

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

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

Emmanuel Jal quotes: Music moves my emotions because music loosens me up.

Music moves my emotions because music loosens me up.

Emmanuel Jal quotes: Music - it's the only thing that can enter your system, your mind, your heart, without your permission.

Music - it's the only thing that can enter your system, your mind, your heart, without your permission.

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

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

Emmanuel Jal quotes: I'm constantly seen as a 'foreigner,' and I need my passport to prove my identity, to keep moving and to carry on my work.

I'm constantly seen as a 'foreigner,' and I need my passport to prove my identity, to keep moving and to carry on my work.

Emmanuel Jal quotes: Young people are so brave when they go to fight.

Young people are so brave when they go to fight.

Emmanuel Jal quotes: If I sleep for more than half an hour, I get horrible dreams in which I'm firing a gun and helicopters are coming down.

If I sleep for more than half an hour, I get horrible dreams in which I'm firing a gun and helicopters are coming down.