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EMMANUEL JAL lives in London. His music has been featured in the movie Blood Diamond, the documentary God Grew Tired of Us, and in three episodes of ER. He is a spokesman for Amnesty International and Oxfam, and has done work for Save the Children, UNICEF, World Food Programme, Christian Aid, and other charities, and has established his own charitable foundation, Gua Africa, to help former Sudanese child soldiers. He has been featured in Time Magazine, USA Today, the Washington Post, Newsweek.com, and on NPR, CNN, Fox, MTV, and the BBC. A documentary about Jal’s life, also called War Child, premiered to acclaim at the February 2008 Berlin Film Festival and the April 2008 Tribeca Film Festival. His first U.S. album War Child was released in May 2008.

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Library of Congress subject headings for this publication:
Jal, Emmanuel -- Childhood and youth.
Child soldiers -- Sudan -- Biography.
Sudan -- History -- Civil War, 1983-2005 -- Personal narratives.
Sudan -- History -- Civil War, 1983-2005 -- Children -- Biography.
Sudan -- History -- Civil War, 1983-2005 -- Refugees -- Biography.
Rap musicians -- Biography.
Political activists -- Biography.