Emmanuel Jal

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. ”

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

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

Education is the only solution for peace. ”

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. ”

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

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

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

A lot of child soldiers lose their minds. ”

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