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" 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.' "

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" Young people are so brave when they go to fight. "

" 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. "

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

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

" When I first went to school, I was fighting all the time. The soldier mentality was still in me. I kept getting expelled. I found it hard to take instructions from anyone who wasn't a military commander. "

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" In times of war, starvation, hunger and injustice, such tragedy can only be put aside if you allow yourself to be uplifted through music, film and dance. "

" Music moves my emotions because music loosens me up. "

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

" 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. "

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

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" 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. "

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

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

" 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. "