Thanks Rob for pointing this out. Good stuff. Glad to see Southern Sudanese rapper Emmanuel Jal getting big.
Emmanuel Jal was eight when he was handed an AK-47 and told to fight for the southern Sudanese rebels of the SPLA. He escaped Sudan in a bag, smuggled out by Emma McCune, a British aid worker, on a UN flight. Now he is one of Africa’s hottest rappers. His new album is due out in a couple of days and next month he performs at Nelson Mandela’s birthday gig. Warchild is his life story and a seriously good single.
Here’s the video of ‘Warchild’.
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Not too bad …
Well, I don’t find him that good as a rapper (but I don’t usually listen to rap, I shouldn’t judge this). But the video has absolutely nothing to do with the story, that’s something he could have done better. He’s basically a storyteller of the 21. century, why doesn’t the video reflect that?
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