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" In Africa, music is for everything, Music was originally used for community. That was what music was for. "
Emmanuel Jal
Africa
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Everything
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" As a child, I didn't know what they mean by 'to die.' So I grew up in a place where people used to die all the time, but a child is not allowed to see a dead body. When you ask, 'Where is so-and so?' you're told, 'He's gone to another world where we all go to live in the future.' "
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" We lack role models who can inspire our young people to make change. "
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" Music - it's the only thing that can enter your system, your mind, your heart, without your permission. "
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" I was shocked when I came to New Orleans. I never knew there were beggars on the streets here. I didn't know that there were poor people. I thought this was Heaven, you know? "
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" There's no pride in having been a child soldier. "
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" Rap music is amazing, it's beautiful. But the problem is the lyrics. The person who writes the lyrics - that's the problem. "
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" Young people are so brave when they go to fight. "
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" When people know you've been a soldier, they judge you: you are a thief, a lost boy. "
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" A lot of child soldiers lose their minds. "
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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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" A cold heart is my protection mechanism. I don't really feel anything for anyone. "
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" 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. "
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" 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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" Only a coward will use a gun to protect and get respect for themselves. "
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" The only foreign policy advice I heard from China was when they said to Sudan, 'Don't go back to war.' That's all they said. They didn't push anything else. "
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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. "
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" What I always wanted to do when I was a kid was to speak out and help people which I continue to do afterwards. "
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" The first time I experienced war, I thought the world was ending. "
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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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" Any child soldier has to go through a lot of love, care and understanding to become normal. "
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" When I was in south Sudan, people used to rap in my village. But the rapping was more in the mother tongue, Nuer. "
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" When you see a Sudanese walking on the street, there is a story. "
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" I'm rapping in English but in an African way. I'm not trying to sound like an American. "
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" When you don't educate the people, you're crippling them. You are, you're not giving them ways to survive. "
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" I would advise dancers, musicians and others in the entertainment industry to take up yoga, as it clears the mind and creates a sense of balance and stillness which is important for any performing artist. "
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