Emmanuel Jal was only seven years old when he was taken from his family home to become a child soldier with the rebel army in Sudan's bloody civil war for nearly five years. Beaten, starved and brutalised, Emmanuel was put into battle in Ethiopia and southern Sudan carrying an AK-47 taller than himself. He attempted to leave the SPLA but was hunted down and thrown into a desert prison. Now an internationally acclaimed hip hop artist spreading messages of peace and reconciliation, he talks about his memoir War Child: A Boy Soldier’s Story with Annette Shun Wah.
EMMANUEL JAL (INTERNATIONAL) EMMANUEL JAL was seven years old when he was taken from his family home to become a child soldier with the rebel army in Sudan. Put into battle in Ethiopia, Emmanuel was beaten, starved and brutalised. He tried to escape but was hunted down and imprisoned. He was rescued by a British aid worker who smuggled him into Nairobi. Now a hip hop artist, Emmanuel has won worldwide acclaim for his unique style of hip hop with its message of peace and reconciliation. His music can be heard alongside Coldplay, Gorillaz and Radiohead on the fundraising album Warchild: Help a Day in the Life. He also featured on John Lennon’s Instant Karma: The Amnesty International Campaign to Save Darfur with the likes of U2, REM and Lenny Kravitz. His first book is War Child: A Boy Soldier's Story. emmanueljal.org
ANNETTE SHUN WAH (LOCAL) ANNETTE SHUN WAH is a writer, actor and broadcaster. Co-author of Banquet: Ten Courses to Harmony, she has also contributed short stories to several anthologies including Come Away With Me, Growing up Asian in Australia and Grandma Magic. She has published essays, articles and reviews, and has been a regular contributor to The Sydney Morning Herald. Annette currently serves on committees for Performance 4a and Asialink.
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